Is it snobby of me to not want it in my bedroom?

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DP wants us to have a TV in the bedroom.

We already have a massive TV in the living room, when actually when I lived alone, I never had one in the first place (would just stream films if in the mood for watching something).

I told him it just didn't sit right with me, a TV in the bedroom, and he said I was being a snob.

But I'm right aren't I?

Can anyone help me pinpoint why exactly it feels wrong? It just does to me, anyway!

Have you got a telly in your bedroom?

Reminded me to suggest smart phone bam to dh later!

We have a TV in our bedroom. I wouldn't by choice but dh plays Xbox on it so at least he's not playing those in the lounge. It has Netflix and iPlayer etc through the Xbox but doesn't really get used for watching TV
much. It's something we have a different opinion on but not something that is an issue.

I am snobby about people who follow rules because they're afraid that if they break the rule they'll be less posh.

but I watch netflix in bed. Don't see the difference btween that and a screen.

We didn't for years but as the kids commandeered the lounge more we decided to get one. Its not used often but it is nice to wrap up in bed and watch a movie or something.

No wouldn't have a telly in my bedroom. Think tv's are a bit of an eyesore whichever room they are in. We just have one tv and it is in the living room.

I am snobby about people who follow rules because they're afraid that if they break the rule they'll be less posh.

I’m not snobby about it, but I know exactly what you mean^^!

Me too. It's just a bit dim to avoid doing something for fear of losing class points. At some point they will realise none of us are fooling anyone (most Brits have a fine class radar that isn't confused by the odd chip buttie or "pardon") and it doesn't even bloody matter either. Then they'll rue all the treats they denied themselves .

This subject caused a major row here. DH refused to have a colour set because he said colour was 'racist'. When I pointed out that a black and white set was 'apartheid' we really fell out.
It got to the point where even the mention of something banal, like tomatoes in salad, would spark up an argument.

just.say.no.

What??? ^^
Are you south african?

I've never had one in my bedroom and would not have one either. I've been called a snob about it too...!

We had one once. DP used to sit and flick through the channels. verry irritating.

We don't but that's because we already feel like on an evening it is easy to sit on phones/flicking on the telly. One in the bedroom strikes me as a way to not get sleep, piss of one partner or you end up browsing the telly.

For us, our bedroom is for sleeping, sex and getting ready.

Someone has said we are snobby for this.

I get people opting for a smaller screen etc especially if they're up with kids or partner worka away so tv in bed would be quite nice. I don't get couples who get the massive tvs that rest in the foot of your bed. It seems wrong to me (but i would never say it).

YANBU. IMHO the bedroom is for only two things and neither of them is watching telly!

I am still boggling at only 2 specific things being allowed. Do you have to have something like Sheldon's 'room mate agreement' to ensure nobody uses the bedroom for anything else, ever?

I don't like TVs in the bedroom either. We do have one in our bedroom but that's because I had an operation 3 years ago and had to be on bed rest for a few weeks so needed some additional entertainment. It's stayed there ever since but has only been switched on once in those last three years, when one of the children was poorly and stayed in our bed for the day watching TV.

I don't have a TV at all (no real reason - I'm just not bothered about it. DC watch on their devices), but if I did, it would definitely not be in the bedroom!

@NobodyKnowsTiddlyPom best user name ever!

Yep, I like to watch BBC Breakfast as I get ready for work so I've a 14 inch that sits on the chest of drawers.

I love the fact that small bedroom TVs seem to be slightly more socially acceptable than big bedroom TVs

I do think it has to be something you and your dp do together. We never had a situation where one person was watching alone, or one person was flicking through channels while the other tried to sleep.

But TV-haters are missing out. Absolute bliss to snuggle down into bed to watch something great, knowing that you don't even have to walk upstairs when you're ready to sleep.

And 'Watching the English' is a great read. I see it's divided opinion on tomatoes in salads. But tinned fruit, saying serviette or toilet, referring to pudding as a 'sweet', having certain pets, driving certain cars, worrying about the cleanliness of your home or having a fitted carpet all mark you out as inferior so you may as well get a massive bedroom telly.

What's worse than my overlarge-thus-moronic-TV-in-the-bedroom is actually my Tv in my kitchen diner thingy.
I feel like I've let myself down allowing that in some ways.BUT, as I'm in the kitchen the most, as I do the most cooking, plus I sit in there to work from home, I actually watch it more than the TV in the lounge. No one else does. I don't know what that says about me

We have a small TV, but it's inside a cupboard so it can be screened off entirely most of the time. I like to watch 20 minutes of Breakfast whilst getting up, other than that we use it as a radio (a lot). It is good if you are I'll though.

knowing that you don't even have to walk upstairs when you're ready to sleep

Hmm this is probably another reason a bedroom TV is no use to us. One of us would have to go down and let the dog out for a wee before we settled to sleep!

Don't know if it's snobby to not want a TV in your bedroom, but we've never wanted one. To be honest we don't watch that much TV anyway, so a bedroom one would be pointless.

Like an earlier poster, when my husband and I first got together, we just lived in one room, with shared access to a kitchen and bathroom. Now we have a nice fairly big house, but the only room with a TV is the living room.

We were given a 15 inch tv with a dvd player, or it might have been a video, built in, as a wedding present over 20 years ago, and had that in the bedroom for a little while, but it wasnt used, so a few years later it was moved into the playroom, then finally given away. Everyone can use their tablets to watch tv via sky, but only the children ever use it in their rooms. Husband likes watching football while coking though.

Yeah and I like skunking whilst watching netball