Miya, Biwi, But No TV

As romance between couples goes for a toss because of the idiot box, many couples banish it from their bedrooms

Even as temperatures soar outside the window, couples find it difficult to maintain the heat in their bedrooms. With long working hours, couples get very little time to share intimate moments with each other.

And even within those few hours, there's a villain who interrupts the togetherness between two people. The television set or the idiot box has become a bane for newly married couples. With one partner in the relationship constantly glued to the television set, intimacy among newly weds has gone for a toss.

No interruptions

To rekindle the proximity in their relationship, many couples are now banishing the idiot box from their bedrooms.

Interior designer Soniya Poddar said many of her clients were specifically asking her to design their bedrooms minus the TV.

"The television has come between the closeness among couples. Instead of spending time with their partner after work, many people waste time watching television," said Poddar.

Juhi Kapoor, a resident of Khargar, who got married in March, agrees with Poddar. Juhi planned to replace her TV set with an LCD TV, but has now decided to have neither.

She said, "Who wants her husband engrossed watching TV when the wife is next to him?" Her thoughts are echoed by many others in the city.

Tulika Dhawan Shrivastav got married six months back and shared a fantastic relationship with her husband.

But for the past few weeks, he stopped responding to her talks because he was engrossed watching cricket on television at home.

This led to many quarrels. "The TV in the bedroom was meant to be for leisure, but it turned out to be a distraction.

I found it difficult to spend time with my husband because he was glued to the TV," explained Tulika. The couple has now shifted the TV to the living room.

"We have also decided not to discuss work in the bedroom. We will reserve the time there only for ourselves," added Tulika.

TV star Juhi Parmar is lucky. She claims neither her husband, Sachin Shroff, nor she are addicted to television.

"We rarely spend time watching television. However, the day it comes between us, I will shift it to the living room," said Juhi.

It is an escape route: Expert

Dr Rajan Bhonsle, head, department of sexual medicine at KEM Hospital, says he has come across many cases where couples aren't physically intimate with each other for weeks because of television.

"It's not the TV that is to be blamed for such a situation. The husband and/or the wife do this deliberately to avoid intimacy with each other. They search for an escape route and the TV is the best option," said Bhonsle.

Don't blame the TV: Amrita Arora

Actress Amrita Arora believes TV is the best form of entertainment.

"I can't stay without watching TV. My husband and I love watching movies on our home theatre.

One should not blame TV for lack of intimacy. There has to be spice in every relationship, with or without the TV," said Amrita.

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