# Breakfast in bed

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-in-bed/989560>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 3, 2023, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-in-bed/989560 "2023-09-03T22:40:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-in-bed/989560/41 "2023-09-06T14:24:10Z")

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> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#):
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> I don’t want to eat laying down or get crumbs in my bed.

I understand the crumb concern, but you’re not really “laying down” if you have sufficient pillows behind you.

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**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-in-bed/989560/42 "2023-09-06T14:36:22Z")

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I think it should be _lying_ down, although I’m not sure which one I say when I’m not being careful.

I tried breakfast and other meals in bed once or twice, and I don’t care for it for the reasons stated upthread. I watch TV from the couch in the evening, and I’ll occasionally eat dinner or snack there, but I don’t like the potential messiness. I don’t even like drinking there.

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2023, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-in-bed/989560/43 "2023-09-06T16:48:40Z")

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I have asked my wife to make me breakfast in bed more than once but she always refused and insisted that she would only make the breakfast in the kitchen and then serve it to me in bed. She wasn’t exactly thrilled with other parts of the request but didn’t rule them out either.

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**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-in-bed/989560/44 "2023-09-06T17:11:15Z")

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> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#):
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> Never understood the appeal. I don’t want to eat laying down or get crumbs in my bed. Just seems awkward, messy and uncomfortable.

I sit up to eat breakfast in bed. I usually sit up to read in bed, too.

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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-in-bed/989560/45 "2023-09-06T17:28:09Z")

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I lost 50 lbs. in 6 months thanks to hospital food.

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