You should read some of the comments--people have pretty strong feelings. Not sure having a TV in the bedroom is a habit. Contrary to some beliefs it is possible to pay attention to your partner and even have sex with the TV off and watch TV at a different time. It's also possible to eat in bed and not make a mess or even to clean it up if you do.

@lerlo It seems that nowadays , folks have strong feelings about pretty much everything and anything ! I'm sure the responses were entertaining ...

Like I said - doesn't mean there's anything wrong with liking these preferences.

@evergreen the reason for my post is that the questions seem ridiculous or at least the topics. I'm sure they don't have a question about whether you like crunchy or creamy peanut butter. Or do you clean your house once a week or once a month. Obviously somebody is sensitive to TVs in the bedroom and eating in bed. What that has to do with dating is beyond me. There's no question about how many times you eat onions in a day which could affect your breath which could affect your date.

@lerlo Wow - this is a conundrum huh ? Simple solution - you don't like the question, don't answer it !

@evergreen My hope was that someone might have a legitimate answer for the purpose of those questions. I didn't answer those questions. I was shocked to find out there are particular reasons for certain rooms in your house and apparently there are rules that did not come with my house.

I'm pretty sure all concepts are made up

@lerlo you're welcome! Compliments of the Institute for Repetitive Reiterative Redundancy.

@lerlo but seriously, concepts are constructs. And some of those concepts are actually based on legitimate observations, as opposed to delusions or confusion. Gravity is a concept.

@MikeInBatonRouge seriously, because you deem something a "concept" engulfed in a "construct" it's all subjective and made up. The sky is a concept, ghosts are a concept and the lions ever getting to a super bowl is a concept.

@lerlo I don't have to deem it. As long as we're having fun quibbling, every word is an abstraction, and therefore a concept, not absolute, because there is always some subjectivity of perspective, in language. BUT, I used the phrase, "made up," which means "not true." ...and you repeated it back to me. A concept is not necessarily false or not true. It is merely abstract. There is such a thing as concrete reality separate and apart from our subjective understanding of it. Gravity is still real. Sin is not. Therefore it is made up, and gravity is not, even though both are concepts.

@MikeInBatonRouge you don't believe in morality? Morality isn't a concept? Morality isnt a construct?

@lerlo Of course morality is a concept! I DON'T believe in it as factual natural law. I DO support it as useful, really vital, for living harmoniously within society.

But thank you for picking a concept that nicely illustrates that not all concepts are equal. Not all are built on equivalent foundations. Morality is NEITHER true nor false. It is a value based concept. It is certainly subjective, but not a matter of truth or falseness. There are all kinds of moralities. Read up on secular humanism, and you will see rational reasons for arguing for certain morality principles, which I certainly support instead of magical-thinking religeously based morality arguments. But either way, morality is still based on subjective values ultimately.

On the religeous side of the issue we have "sin." Imaginary man in the sky says something is sin, and THAT is why we are expected to accept it as such. That is bullshit. That is made up. The secular humanist morality is based on subjective preference for certain kinds of societal outcomes and observations as to what behaviors encourage those outcomes. Subjective but not false.

@MikeInBatonRouge a sin can be somebody violating someone's morality. Just cuz you don't like the word doesn't mean it isn't a concept

@lerlo WTF? I never said it isn't a concept; nor did I imply it. Don't twist my words.
It is also easy enough for people to construct multiple concepts around the same word. Try reading entries in a dictionary sometime. But the origins of that particular term are religeous, and that remains its primary framework.

You also might just want to reconsider your use of "mortal sin" in your post. No wonder you got reactions. Someone having a strong preference for dating partners who share their aversion to tv bedrooms is a far cry from a different preference being a "mortal sin." You grabbed a term broadly understood in religeous context and misapplied it.

@MikeInBatonRouge Bad memory?
"Sin is a made up concept." "Gravity is still real. Sin is not." So sin IS a concept but it's not a real one Since you admit its all subjective, not for you to say what's real and what's not. Who is twisting whose words? I misapplied what you say isn't a real concept? How can I misapply a fake concept? You're digging your hole deeper.

@lerlo We are quite apparently applying different meanings to terminology. "Made up" does not mean something is not a concept. It means it is a concept based on imaginary or erroneous premises.

Again, subjective does not mean false or made up. It only means based on a personal perspective. You are confused by terminology and laughing at me for your confusion.

Enjoy your "mortal sin" tv. Good luck dating!

That's an excellent point.

Surprisingly you can shut the television off when you go to sleep or at other times during the day. As for thoughts and feelings there are all kinds of people without those regardless of television

you know what happens when you assume. Some people may clean their beds if they leave crumbs and amazingly not all people who watch tv are idiots or addicts...even if the TV is in the bedroom, or the kitchen or the patio...

I try not to assume anything, just mentioning what seems likely to be a general opinion of many. It's not personal, so please don't take it that way.

I found it terribly uncomfortable to eat in a hospital bed. Who wants to eat lying down?! It's just awkward.

@AmyTheBruce I could sit up but my movement was limited as I could not move my leg without help, but eating in bed is not something I can handle.

Thanks for the research. I don't know any woman who would turn down breakfast in bed. Of course Mr. Rogers Trump's all!

I noticed you conspicuously left out the reasons why you won't eat in bed or have a television in your bedroom

@lerlo To me, the bed is for sleeping and sex. I think eating in bed is a bit of a lay habit, not to mention you invariably spill, sprinkle crumbs, etc.

@lerlo You are correct. I left out my reasons because they are not up for debate.

• Edited to add: oops, I meant to post that elsewhere.

@AmyTheBruce sorry you decided they would be up for debate if you listed them

@lerlo I forgot to mention the single most important reason why I do not eat in bed: It is unhealthy to eat within 3-4 hours of going to bed.