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I don't understand needing a room for yourself before puberty strikes. Even then, sharing the room with a same-gender sibling doesn't sound too bad. It's funny

by screye 6y ago

I don't understand needing a room for yourself before puberty strikes. Even then, sharing the room with a same-gender sibling doesn't sound too bad. It's funny because these same people go to college and share their dorm room for the 1st 2 years of university, when someone needs the most amount of privacy. > correlation between sharing your room and poverty levels In India, unless you are super rich, having a room to yourself is pretty rare. This becomes especially true because the richest people want to stay in the biggest cities, where the ratio of housing/income outpaces places like SF and NYC. The priority for bedrooms usually goes as follows: Parents -> Grand parents -> Guests -> Kids/Servants Only-childs in a wealthy-ish nuclear family are the only ones who get a room all to 1 person.

valarauko 6y ago
> The priority for bedrooms usually goes as follows: Parents -> Grand parents -> Guests -> Kids/Servants I've only ever seen this order once, but I would agree that this is pretty much how most Indian households are setup. My SO's grandparents lived with their daughter & her family (6 in total) in a tiny one bedroom situation, and while I wasn't privy with their sleeping arrangements, I think the grandparents slept on the floor in the hall. It wouldn't surprise me if the female members of the household slept in one room while the men slept in the other. Their house was too small for multiple beds, so they usually rolled out mats when it was time to sleep. I think the elderly grandfather had a cot. Growing up the youngest of three siblings in a 3 bedroom home, I usually slept on the sofa in the living room. I was supposed to share a room with my teenage brother, but he wouldn't tolerate me to be in the same room.
Thiez 6y ago
Genuine question: the bedroom is traditionally (where I come from, Western Europe) also a common place for couples to have sex. In addition, many people presumably would prefer not to walk in on their parents, or have sex in front of their children. So how does this work in cultures where it's common for children not to have their own rooms until puberty starts (so 10 to 13 years?)? Do people get more adventurous about when and where they do it, or is there less of a taboo on getting it on in front of the kids, or, since you mention India, are those delicious spices used to mask the taste of the sleeping pills everybody is feeding their children?
- screye 6y ago
  I wonder about this myself. I have no clue when my parents had sex and our house was one of the bigger ones (2 bedroom vs 1 bed room). I was ALWAYS in the bedroom, so no way I could've missed it when awake. Indians frequently send their kids over to an aunt/uncle's place once every month or so....so maybe then ? Another common solution is to move your kid to the living room for sleeping. I slept with my parents until my brother was born, and never spent a night away from them before this. So...I guess they did it while I was in the room. X| > delicious spices used to mask the taste of the sleeping pills everybody is feeding their children The most plausible theory I have heard so far. Indian food IS sleep-inducing and I sleep like a rock, so I won't be one to disagree there.

by screye 6y ago

valarauko 6y ago

> The priority for bedrooms usually goes as follows: Parents -> Grand parents -> Guests -> Kids/Servants I've only ever seen this order once, but I would agree that this is pretty much how most Indian households are setup. My SO's grandparents lived with their daughter & her family (6 in total) in a tiny one bedroom situation, and while I wasn't privy with their sleeping arrangements, I think the grandparents slept on the floor in the hall. It wouldn't surprise me if the female members of the household slept in one room while the men slept in the other. Their house was too small for multiple beds, so they usually rolled out mats when it was time to sleep. I think the elderly grandfather had a cot. Growing up the youngest of three siblings in a 3 bedroom home, I usually slept on the sofa in the living room. I was supposed to share a room with my teenage brother, but he wouldn't tolerate me to be in the same room.

Thiez 6y ago

Genuine question: the bedroom is traditionally (where I come from, Western Europe) also a common place for couples to have sex. In addition, many people presumably would prefer not to walk in on their parents, or have sex in front of their children. So how does this work in cultures where it's common for children not to have their own rooms until puberty starts (so 10 to 13 years?)? Do people get more adventurous about when and where they do it, or is there less of a taboo on getting it on in front of the kids, or, since you mention India, are those delicious spices used to mask the taste of the sleeping pills everybody is feeding their children?

screye 6y ago
I wonder about this myself. I have no clue when my parents had sex and our house was one of the bigger ones (2 bedroom vs 1 bed room). I was ALWAYS in the bedroom, so no way I could've missed it when awake. Indians frequently send their kids over to an aunt/uncle's place once every month or so....so maybe then ? Another common solution is to move your kid to the living room for sleeping. I slept with my parents until my brother was born, and never spent a night away from them before this. So...I guess they did it while I was in the room. X| > delicious spices used to mask the taste of the sleeping pills everybody is feeding their children The most plausible theory I have heard so far. Indian food IS sleep-inducing and I sleep like a rock, so I won't be one to disagree there.