Drinking a glass of water that has stood bedside overnight

Suedonim
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That's the funniest thread I've read to date. ?

I drink some water in the night and finish the rest off in the morning. Someone posted on FB that it picked up germs overnight but I can't see how.

connected that to all the dust that gathers under the bed
Don't you vacuum under the bed?

Ah well, if it gathers under the bed it isn't going into my water. Perhaps I'll get a Tommee Tippee cup.

I usually have to get up in the night to go to the bathroom, so if I'm thirsty I just have a drink from the tap in there.

I can't see that drinking that overnight water will do you any harm. Unless you keep your teeth in it, of course.

The 'stale' water story is just another of those old wives tales or myths, like not washing your hair when you are having your period.

Callistemon It seems water starts to absorb CO2 in the air affecting the taste and there is always the chance that dust, insects and bacteria could have dropped in by morning. And, as one poster mentioned, a pet might call in for a drink.

That said, nobody seems to have come to any harm from drinking water left overnight so, maybe, it's one of those lesser risks we are all supposed to watch out for. I think I am more alarmed by things that go bump in the night - and in our house, they sometimes do!

No I don’t take water up to bed. I generally drink glassful a couple hours before bed, I get up quite early around 630 so I generally drink couple of glasses of water with my meds

I never take an actual glass of water to bed with me, but l do save and recycle plastic bottles that have previously contained fruit juices and Ribena type squash. I do get very thirsty during the night and regularly wake up for a drink, a single glass full would be nowhere near enough for me without needing a refill!
A litre bottle filled with tap water stays fresh and free of any dust or other contamination from insects etc, and is spill proof should l accidentally knock it over during the night.

SueDonim, my husband has been laughing at that link for ages now and he is supposed to be doing the dishes! He is now on page 11 out of 41.
Thanks for idea of using a bottle for bedside water. I have a small water bottle that I will use. A friend told me that he woke up in the night and had a drink from his glass and a big lump, probably a spider, went down.

I always take a glass of water up to bed, and usually drink at least half of it during the night.
Sometimes our tap water tastes chlorinated, but after standing a few hours, the taste has gone.

We haven't suffered any ill effects, as far as I know.

I never worried about anything dropping into a water glass until now!

Up until a few years ago I never felt the need to have a sip or two in the night; however now I wake more often, and sometimes am quite dry so will have a sip from a bottle. Away from home I will use a glass if that is all that is available. Now I will worry about small creatures or floaty dust... yuk!

I assumed most people knew about beakergate as it’s a long-standing MN thread and I’m pretty sure it hit the national press at the time. I had no thought to shock anyone.

Liz46 I hope your dh has finished the washing up by now, I wouldn’t want to keep him from his duties! And the spider...yikes! Now that would freak me out. ?

I’m also laughing at Welbeck’s ‘insulted’ cups.

I always have a glass of water by my bed and usually drink about half of it each night. I always keep it covered to stop creepy crawlies getting in. I did chuckle at the cat dipping his paw in the water.

I fill 2 x 750ml sipper-top bottles with iced tap water every night and drink at least one between 8pm and 5am.

During this exceptionally hot summer, when night temperatures rarely drop much below 20 degrees even in the early hours, neither are refrigerated.

I often drink both (it's a great relief to get up at 5am ) and have never been ill as a result.

However, I do make sure the bottles are regularly sterilised so any bacteria which may be starting, can be sure of an early demise.

I don't like water at the best of times so wouldn't take a glass of it to bed. It's only on the rare occasion that I wake up anyway so it would be a waste of time.

Medics would say I don't drink enough,. but I don't go thirsty either and I wouldn't drink water for the sake of it.
What I do is squeeze a couple of oranges or make lemonade if I happen to be thirsty or have a glass of pure apple juice.

I certainly couldn't drink water if it's been standing all night.

Talking about things dropping into water glasses. Every summer, at least one black field cricket gets into my house and seems to gravitate to the bathroom to find water.

This week, a cricket decided it prefered my bedroom and has been crich-criching all darned night.

I didn't have any hope of seeing it, let alone catching it to put outside, so just had to put up with its noisy companionship. Let's hope it moves on or gives up the ghost.

Last night it tried to share my pillow - perhaps its the reincarnation of my dear husband (he had very black hair) so I'll be kind to it.

Oh dear, I don’t think I’d like to share my sleeping space with one of those, BradfordLass!

You're very brave bradfordlass are you not scared by spiders either?

I often have a bottle of water to drink the next morning during the hot months. Never been ill from it.

I don't know how water that's been sitting at your bedside overnight would be any staler than if it had been sitting in the water pipes in your house, street, town .....

My mum used to have a cup of boiled water with PLJ in it every morning. Remember PLJ ?

I take a glass of lemonade to bed every night. It must be Schweppes and it has to be sugar free . I’d don’t always drink it but it HAS to be there .

I always take a glass of water to bed and usually drink at least half of it. I take a fresh glass every night. DH takes a glass up and since he doesn’t drink out of it often he will sometimes keep the same one for maybe 3 nights. I have tried to tell him I think that is gross, but he is completely unperturbed! For a while we used water in bottles, but I read that once opened the bottle should not be kept for more than 3 nights and I stuck to that whereas he felt it was fine to keep it until he finished it, could be ages. He seems to have an iron constitution. They do say something about eating a peck of dirt before you die....

Also - penis beaker ??? best thing ever!,

Water in a glass tastes funny next morning. I prefer it in a bottle. I used to use a carafe. I wash the bottle and refill every day.

I would absolutely never drink water from the bathroom tap. It comes from a tank in the attic.

Ours used to come from a tank in the attic but it comes straight from the mains now since we were replumbed.

I have just read the link to mumsnet...thanks for the laughs. Never gave it a thought back in the day!