Have *you* had a 'stay in bed all day phase'?

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In this case specifically referring to a relationship with a Lovely Other of your choice, as when Kim said on the 'how broke' thread "when the boy fiend and I were still in the 'stay in bed all day phase'"

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Me, no. Not for want of enjoying the situation, but usually there was a raving desire on at least one of our parts for going out for some food. This usually *did* mean creative showering as means of preparation for sallies out-of-doors, though.

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ahah I thought this was another thread about depression. Instead it's a thread likely to induce it.

Anyway, yeah. It was probably longer than most cos we couldn't see each other much.

― Tom, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Instead it's a thread likely to induce it.

Granted, Kim's post made me feel a bit blue. But not all is sad these days. ;-)

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Hmph. I've never had a stay-in-bed-all-day phase with a boyfriend. Although they tell me they used to do that 'back in the day' with so and so ex-girlfriend, when they were young and virile. Do people do this then? It seems so lovely and bohemian chic; let us lounge in the sun all day and prowl the streets at night, walking from cafe to cafe, hand-in-hand.

― Evangeline, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

let us lounge in the sun all day and prowl the streets at night, walking from cafe to cafe, hand-in-hand.

This currently = my life for three days a week (um, though without the sun).

Well, sometimes we get up about 7 to go to the shops to get chocolate before Eastenders but that's about it.

― jamesmichaelward, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I too thought it was about depression. Next.

― Samantha, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

it's so great when happy sappy love threads get started and everyone is all 'next!'.

― ethan, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Aw shux, I didn't mean to make anyone blue. It seems like was a long time ago, in a university town far, far away, and these days it's more about the grocery shopping and job lamenting which is far less enviable. But great memories though, and yes we did eat every so often (had to keep up our strength etc) so we were 4am regulars at the 24 hour diner down the block. Glasses of tap water with fries and gravy - oh romance!

― Kim, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

It's just the phrase "stay in bed all day" immediately makes me think of depression not love.

I was amazed the other day when I counted and realized I have had only half as many therapists as I've had lovers. It certainly seems like it should be the other way around.

― Samantha, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Also there is a third way of staying in bed all day and not being depressed or at it like rabbits, you just don't get up. It's great!

― Tom, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

yeah. i have.

― di, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I'd have to be perfectly, unconditionally happy to spend a whole day in bed, though a girl could be the reason for said happiness. If it has happened, it was in my, erm, young and virile days...

― Mark C, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The phase lasted as long as I was sick. I don't like staying in bed particularly, especially alone. I'd much rather be up and about. I find it very hard to relax when there's things to be done!

― electric sound of jim, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

he said 'things to be done' heh heh heh

― Kim, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

No, mainly because I don't have a house.

No hang on not having had a relationship which lasted more than 24 hours in about a year could have something to do with it.

― Ronan, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

because my stay-in-bed-all-day-making-out phase ran on directly from my stay-in-bed-all-day-depressed-and-high phase, so the transition seemed quite natural.

― di, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Yes, on the first day of current relationship.

― Ally C, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

My flatmate is living this phase as I type. Stopwatch shows approaching 17 hours since partner and he last emerged. No sign even of a bathroom break. They could of course be dead (or sneaked out) but my monies on a love-in.

― Disco, Wednesday, 20 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

it's a yes and it's lovely. but has anybody had a stay-in-bed phase that they *haven't* grown out of? That's what I want to know.

oh schopenhauer. why did you have to sap all my love-optimism?

― nickie, Wednesday, 20 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

i'll take that as a no then.

we're all doomed.

― nickie, Wednesday, 20 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Did John and Yoko ever grow out of their stay in bed all day phase? I don't think you should take them as a model, anyway - they were a bit annoying.

― N., Wednesday, 20 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Did John just grow out of it by dying?

― Ally C, Wednesday, 20 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Well, he had to leave the bed for that to happen, surely.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 20 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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