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Eating n bed

(137 Posts)
BigBertha1 Thu 15-Jul-21 22:11:07

Does anyonene else enjoy a nibble once in bed for the night? I love a bit of chocolate. Green and Black's Almond tonight...is it just me. Teeth cleaning before settling to sleep of course

Jaxjacky Fri 16-Jul-21 06:58:45

Used to have tea and toast years ago, it was a treat, I’m up and out now.

kittylester Fri 16-Jul-21 07:04:47

Very rarely eat in bed but have 2 cups of tea every morning while watching Breakfast News and catching up with Social media.

Esspee Fri 16-Jul-21 07:15:07

Only time I eat in bed is when OH brings me breakfast on a tray. It doesn’t happen often so is always a lovely surprise.
Any crumbs remain on the plate.

shysal Fri 16-Jul-21 07:17:04

Never!

DanniRae Fri 16-Jul-21 07:32:39

I have never wanted to eat in bed but I would love an early morning cuppa but I always get up about 6.45am and Mr R never wakes up until gone 9am so never going to happen sad

M0nica Fri 16-Jul-21 08:03:47

No, never, not even when ill, kitchen table or starve.

When I was a child DF used to make breakfast in bed for everyone on a Sunday morning. everyone, except me, DF and I would eat together in the kitchen (he didn't like B in B either).

Billybob4491 Fri 16-Jul-21 08:07:47

No I have never eaten in bed even when ill, I have always thought dare I say it rather common.

lovebeigecardigans1955 Fri 16-Jul-21 08:34:41

No, I'd never eat in bed unless I was very poorly.

Sago Fri 16-Jul-21 08:37:56

No food upstairs has always been a house rule, the children would sneak what they could into their rooms.
It soon stopped when the mice arrived!

Lucca Fri 16-Jul-21 08:38:46

Billybob4491

No I have never eaten in bed even when ill, I have always thought dare I say it rather common.

Well you can say it but it isn’t.
Look at the aristocracy having their breakfast brought to them in bed.

sodapop Fri 16-Jul-21 08:45:06

My husband used to bring me coffee and toast in bed occasionally, but now I walk the dogs early and he does the late walk. No more breakfast in bed. I don't eat in bed at night as I can't be bothered to get up and clean my teeth.

FannyCornforth Fri 16-Jul-21 08:47:06

I regularly eat a Pot Noodle (preferably chicken and mushroom) in bed, made using my bedroom kettle

Pass the smelling salts to Billybob!

MissAdventure Fri 16-Jul-21 08:54:54

A pot noodle!
That's beyond the pale, young lady. wink

glammanana Fri 16-Jul-21 08:55:05

I never eat or drink in bed,I only have white or cream bed linen and would be fearful of staining it,

rubysong Fri 16-Jul-21 09:35:06

Since I retired I have always had breakfast in bed, (muesli or porridge and tea). On Sundays we have egg on toast. By the time I get up I have also watched the news on TV, done emails and Facebook and caught up with GN.
Sorry if that makes me 'common', I thought it made me like aristocratic ladies on country house weekends, when married ladies had a breakfast tray brought to them in bed.

Lucca Fri 16-Jul-21 13:25:06

A) it doesn’t make you common I agree
B). What an outdated word anyway

nadateturbe Fri 16-Jul-21 13:41:02

I often eat breakfast lunch and dinner in bed not feeling well enough to get up. I would love to be sitting at the table.

nadateturbe Fri 16-Jul-21 13:42:32

But never pot noodle. grin

MissAdventure Fri 16-Jul-21 13:45:57

grin

JaneJudge Fri 16-Jul-21 13:49:13

I take my youngest a bacon sandwich in bed. The others say he is spoilt blush

I am grin at the burger and the son story!

grannyactivist Fri 16-Jul-21 14:06:52

Yes. When I’m ill my husband brings me all sorts of foods to try to tempt me, but if I’m ill enough to stay in bed then I’m usually too ill to want to eat. Fruit (melon, grapes, strawberries) is usually his best bet, but if I’ve been sick then it’s dry toast. He knows I’m on the mend when I ask for a slice of toast with marmite. grin

twiglet77 Fri 16-Jul-21 14:09:13

No, I nibble in the kitchen. Never eat in bed, never drink anything but water in bed. The dog has a water bowl in the bedroom as well as two downstairs, but I wouldn't give her biscuits in my bed either!

Casdon Fri 16-Jul-21 14:12:35

One of the greatest pleasures of retirement for me is to have my first coffee of the day in bed - I get up and let the dog out, feed him and then get myself and my son a coffee each to drink in our beds. Heaven, it feels like a little luxury every day! I don’t eat in bed though.

Namsnanny Fri 16-Jul-21 14:15:18

Too afraid of indigestion and spillage to be worth the bother.
Got to carry it all upstairs, then down again.
I'd also invariably forget something, or drop the butter knife, with butter on it, straight on the hair and dust bobble on the stairs.
Am I over thinking it?grin

Mogsmaw Fri 16-Jul-21 14:47:09

Lucca

Billybob4491

No I have never eaten in bed even when ill, I have always thought dare I say it rather common.

Well you can say it but it isn’t.
Look at the aristocracy having their breakfast brought to them in bed.

I agree Lucca, the opposite of “common”. I think that’s why I can’t do it. Mother insisted you were up and at the table or you didn’t eat. I can just hear her. “Who do think you are? Lady Muck!”