The only time that I’ve had the luxury of getting breakfast in bed was when my husband and children used to serve me breakfast in bed on Mothers’ Day. A hundred-year-old cookbook suggests serving breakfast in bed to houseguests. I think that any of my friends or relatives who are overnight guests would be shocked if I served them breakfast in bed. Maybe this is one of the things that has changed over the years.
I can’t even imagine. As a child, I sometimes was offered a meal on a tray if I was ill, but otherwise? No, thank you. I can’t imagine anything less pleasant than breakfast in bed. I’d not refuse a cup of coffee, but otherwise? I want to be up and dressed before I eat!
I’m also up and dressed before I eat.
I told my children they would be torturing me if they brought me breakfast in bed. Might as well be breakfast in bread, with the ensuing crumbs. My sister-in-law, right next door, ADORED breakfast in bed. She was welcome to it. I would rather cook breakfast for six people than be forced to eat in bed.
I agree!!
Love the phrase “breakfast in bread.” I really appreciated the effort my husband and kids went to when serving me breakfast in bed on Mother’s Day, but one breakfast a year in bed was plenty.
I don’t think I have ever had breakfast in bed in all my 39 (cough cough) years!!!
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I’m 29 going on 30 (cough cough).
I used to be 29 but had to change it when one of my kids turned 29, darn it!!!!
hmmm . . . now that you mention it, I may be older than I thought. I have kids over 29. 🙂
Funny how that sneaks up on us isn’t it!!
I think my guests would be pretty shocked if I brought them breakfast in bed!
I definitely would be shocked if I was a guest in someone’s home and was served breakfast in bed.
The only times I’ve ever had breakfast in bed were during stays in the hospital. I have no good memories of breakfast in bed!
I did enjoy looking at the tray. My guess at what is presented left to right: Coffee pitcher, juice pitcher, sugar bowl, milk/cream pitcher, jam bowl?, fruitbowl?, (back to the left) juice glass, boiled egg in egg cup, a flower, (back to the left) bowl of?, grapefruit, a dish that looks like an apple with fruit in it?
Does anybody have other guesses?
Your guesses look really good to me. When I looked at the picture, I kept thinking that if I was trying to carry a tray with that many liquids on it, that I’d be sure slosh some of them and make a huge mess.
So would I. The mess would be everywhere!
I’m a loyal member of the ‘No Breakfast in Bed Please’ club too. It seems to be a dying – er – pleasure?
Based on the comments in this post, it’s definitely a “dying -er -pleasure.”
Indeed. Too many crumbs!
Don’t want breakfast in bed. Only have had such when a sick as a child or after childbirth.
Will not be serving guests breakfast in bed.
My mother also occasionally served me breakfast in bed when I was sick. That tradition apparently was lost between her generation and mine. I never served my children breakfast in bed when they were ill. I do think that from time-to-time, I’d give a sick child laying on the couch a piece of toast or some other small food item.
I agree wholeheartedly! My guests might think I’ve lost my mind. And personally, no eating in bed for me – I only experienced that while in the hospital.
I don’t have good memories of breakfast in bed when I was in the hospital.
Me either.
I could never understand why breakfast in bed seems such a treat to many, when there’s the much more convenient table option! 😀
Agree!! The table option is definitely more convenient (and less messy).
While it may be the thought that counts…Its the mess in the kitchen after changing the sheets when you get up
That’s the attitude I always took when my family served me breakfast in bed on Mothers’ Day – it’s the thought that counts.
The bright side of their shock might be that they wouldn’t overstay their welcome!
🙂 Good point
I have to admit that I have breakfast in bed most mornings that I make myself. My bedroom is on the first floor, which makes it easy. My husband and I have different tastes in the morning TV news.
It sounds like a nice relaxing way to start the day.
Dose he bring you breakfast in bed or do you get up and fi it for yourself? That makes a differance.
I do it.
Boiled egg, coffee and grapefruit? Looks great!
sherry
I might add a little toast to go with the boiled egg.
I have never had breakfast in bed and was surprised to learn they suggested that a hundred years ago.
Maybe it was a fad that more popular a hundred year ago.
Let me get up. Let me comfort myself with a brekky I love 💕 please… Anyway, that’s when I exercise – when others are sleeping!
How you organize your morning sounds lovely.
Best time of day, for me, Sheryl. I get so much done in the quiet of the very early morning. I will generally go back to bed for more sleep; particularly in the colder months.
I used to have a supervisor who said that 4 to 6 am were the best two hours of the day – though I never was able to get up quite that early.
About four out of seven morns begin this way for me – love it… 🤗
The 100-year-old breakfast looks good!
It does! It looks much tastier than many breakfasts today.