I am currently reading a 1930's diary of life in England. The family were wealthy merchants. It surprised me to see that people visited each other in their bedrooms, often after having had breakfast served to them in bed by a maidservant. A typical scene would be for a houseguest to be visited in this way by a member of the host family, all being still in pyjamas. I cannot imagine this being acceptable today. Any comments please?
Correction and clarification of my initial post: the host family are manufacturers, not merchants. The houseguests are from a merchant/military family. The houseguests are female, the visitor male (and vice versa, ie female houseguests visit a male from the host family when he is in bed and not ill). The practice is recorded in the diary in passing, and as completely normal. The diary is by a houseguest.