Not long ago, it was improper to show married couples with a single bed on TV. I’m not sure why this came about, considering even the Puritans liked to get it on, but somewhere somehow it was considered vulgar and improper to imply on the boob tube that married people engaged in coitus.
Go back fifty years, though, and you’ll find a different story in the fledgling film industry. Around the turn of the century, public displays of affection were frowned upon. However, Thomas Edison knew that if he wanted this whole movie thing to catch on he needed to get people’s attention. So, much like the “sex sells” ad mongers of today, he used sex to get people to embrace the new technology. See for yourself in this film from 1896 called “The Kiss”!
For over forty years of matrimony, my aunt and uncle not only slept in separate beds, they slept in separate bedrooms. However, by all accounts the marriage was a happy one and they did manage to have two daughters so obviously it wasn't completely loveless.
A friend of mine from college got married in 1997 at the age of 25. I was surprised and dismayed that she and her new husband had gotten twin beds. She said they were much more interested in getting a good night sleep when the lights when out than indulging their "matrimonial prerogative." But then she somewhat coyly suggested that they greatly preferred other times of the day and other locations than the mattress for such activities, anyway.
My assumptions about their sex life shifted from one extreme to the other rather quickly.
What we don't see is that he gave her a Bud Light before the filming of this.
You wouldn't happen to be thirsty, would you $kay?
Haha! You'd think so, wouldn't you? This is the second time I've mentioned beer today.
I'm not entirely sure Bud Light counts as beer…