One of those awkward questions that you don't know the answer.

Now, being older than 4, I know the difference between "there", "their", and "they're".
However, coming to write a previous blog I realised that I wasn't entirely sure whether the phrase was:
a) bear with me or
b) bare with me.

So I did some pretty exhaustive research and I have come back with this 100% correct answer.

Both are acceptable.

a) "Bear with me" means to have a bear, either brown, black or polar in your direct vicinity.

b) "Bare with me" is a sexually charged question inviting the closest person to strip naked in conjunction with your own nakedness.

I hope this helps.