• Clent@lemmy.world
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    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.

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      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.

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        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.