Bed. This was common practice for millenia and done mainly for warmth.
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KillingAndKindess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months agoBed, Or room?
RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
KillingAndKindess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
Well, I for one am glad we have left that particular detail in the past more or less.
Clent@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Both.
Poor people didn’t have a home with multiple rooms. Children weren’t shielded from the concepts of baby making to the extent that they are today.
The idea that making a family isn’t family friendly is the result of recent cultural norms that are facilitated by our larger homes, cheaper beds, abundant bedding, whole home heating, etc.
KillingAndKindess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
In theory I wouldn’t care if it was normal and a necessity, but, prefer my bed to be to myself and my partner, as well as my room. Not cause of what the children might think, but because I like not having anyone else there. So good riddance to that.
Clent@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Of course. We are products of our time.
In previous times, even the richest of that time would rather have had a bed mate to keep them company in the darkness of the night.