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Do You Sleep w/ the Door Open or Closed?
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With two married people living in our house, the bedroom door stays open, unless one of us goes to bed early and the other stays up with TV or we have guests. I'm very sensitive to noises too, so I frequently wear ear plugs, but we have an alarm system.
When we used to have cats, they got locked in the basement at night. I did not appreciate cats tearing across the bed at in the middle of the night.
Based on the Op question, I've seen the poll infrastructure when creating a new thread. Is that not working?
When we used to have cats, they got locked in the basement at night. I did not appreciate cats tearing across the bed at in the middle of the night.
Based on the Op question, I've seen the poll infrastructure when creating a new thread. Is that not working?
We used to keep the bedroom door open, which is odd since my office was just across the hall and light and music would stream in there from it when my wife went to bed. Now that we have a kid, and he's in that room across the hall, both his and our bedroom door stay closed. I pretty much always close bedroom doors these days.
Nope. Nope. Nope. There are some things that just shouldn't be shared. Poop is one of those things. Not only is the door always closed, but I try to go to a different area of the house.
Nope. Nope. Nope. There are some things that just shouldn't be shared. Poop is one of those things. Not only is the door always closed, but I try to go to a different area of the house.
I'm situation dependent on my doors. If I want privacy or quiet (say book reading while TV is on in other room) I may have a shut door.
Actually, I find if I am doing any sort of writing, - especially writing where I wish to formulate my thoughts, and give serious thought to what goes on paper - I want privacy, some quiet, and an emphatically closed door. For that matter, I loathe open plan offices.
While I am passionate about the concept of 'personal space' and 'privacy', and have a savage and almost primitive need for several hours a day to myself, the fact is, that even as a child, I seemed to have had my own place to study and read.
Generally, closed is where I'm at. My housemates love to turn on and leave on lights in the middle of the night, and I require near absolute darkness to sleep soundly. On occasion, however, I will doze off before shutting the door for the night due to tiredness.
My previous place didn't have a bedroom door. My current place does, but I tend to leave it open. I do close most of the other internal doors at night, but that's mainly out of habit more than anything else: The house is very creaky and for the first few nights I kept getting woken up by it settling. I therefore got into the habit of closing all the doors to block out the creaks as much as possible. Now that I'm used to it, I imagine that I could easily sleep with all of the internal doors open... but I haven't tried.
Interesting topic.
Anyway, when I lived by myself, door open. It didn't matter, as I was in a 1-bedroom apartment, on the top floor of a 2-story building. If someone was going to break in, they'd have a hell of a time getting downstairs with anything.
Now that I'm married and with children, door open. Children's doors are closed; that way, if they wake up, we hear their door open. Plus with a guide dog, she patrols around anyway.
BL.
Anyway, when I lived by myself, door open. It didn't matter, as I was in a 1-bedroom apartment, on the top floor of a 2-story building. If someone was going to break in, they'd have a hell of a time getting downstairs with anything.
Now that I'm married and with children, door open. Children's doors are closed; that way, if they wake up, we hear their door open. Plus with a guide dog, she patrols around anyway.
BL.
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Had the builder add a wall with a door to the Master Bathroom. So it has two compartments, one with the vanity (two sinks) and the other with the tub/shower and toilet.
Outstanding description. I now picture you wearing an animal hide and holding a large bone weapon.
I used to be what I call a 'light sleeper', meaning I always slept with a light on. Nowadays I'd say I'm more of a 'hard sleeper' as I always sleep.....
Outstanding description. I now picture you wearing an animal hide and holding a large bone weapon.
Animal hide, large ivory weapon (but a beautifully crafted weapon - aesthetics matter, even in flint or ivory made weaponry) and glasses…………you see, I am one of those intellectual cave-dwellers…..
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