May 13 2008: Bed Battles
I’m terrible to sleep with. Not of course, in that sense, because I rock in all things relating to that, but in a literal “sleep in the same bed” sense. I tend to:
- Twist and turn.1
- Steal the covers.
- Push people off the bed if they snore or sleep-talk.
- …snore and sleep-talk.
This type of behaviour is only exacerbated when you try to fit two people who have exactly the same sleeping behaviours on the one small single bed. It ends up being a struggle for power and domination by both people, with no one coming out the victor. Both parties eventually conceding a draw, reconciliating as best they know how.
A larger bed may help. I do personally have a queen size bed…but can you imagine the look on my parental figure’s faces if I were to bring someone to stay overnight? In my bed? Especially if the ‘reconciliation’ happens as often as it does? (Speaking of which, my mother has yet to say a word to me about my personal massager.)
1This one time, at Scout camp? We were sleeping in a circle outside, around the campfire. Waking up the next morning, I found myself in the middle of the woods. I had literally rolled and turned so much in my sleep that I ended up 100 metres away from where I was originally!
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April said:
Bragger…one day I’ll be as good as you in THAT sense =p
Yer, I tend to do all those things too…glad I’m never gonna share a bed with you! >=[ ^_^
on May 13 2008 #
Chien Yee said:
Tsktsk, just that?!
I tend to kick them, put my foot over their faces, squish them flat, etc. Just ask my sister, she’d give an accurate description of how dangerous it is to sleep next to me :P
on May 14 2008 #
Robmarie said:
HAHA! I’m terrible with the twisting and turning… I have to twist myself to the most uncomfortable positions in order to fall asleep! Sure, my back and neck are always killing me, but that’s the price to pay for a night of awesome sleep :D
on May 14 2008 #
Xuan said:
I’ll be sure to take the couch when I crash at your cousin’s place on 31 May/1 June, then.
I tend to twist and turn a lot when I sleep. No snoring or sleep-talking, but I make up for that by twisting and turning. A lot. Thus frequently finding myself waking up on the floor, or with my head at the foot of the bed and my feet at the bedhead…and so it goes on…
on May 14 2008 #
Julie said:
Well at least for now you can enjoy the reconciliation anyway. Because reconciliation is fun. ;)
on May 14 2008 #
marilyn said:
I usually find that I twist and turn a lot when I’m sleeping by myself, but oddly enough, when there is someone else there I’m unusually still.
on May 14 2008 #
Noemi said:
God that’s me to a T.
on May 14 2008 #
Kycoo said:
Haha, I do all of those things too, except sleep talk.
When my sisters and I were little, we’d all share the same bed at hotels, and I rolled off once. I didn’t even wake up. My dad put me back in bed, and in the morning, he found me on the ground again. Since then, my parents have stuck chairs on my side of the bed so I’ll roll onto the chairs instead. :P
At least you don’t kick people. One of my friends does that. It’s terrible. :D
on May 14 2008 #
Ashley said:
So do you push yourself out of bed then when you snore or sleep talk? ;) I twist and turn a lot too. My husband tells me I often steal the covers too. I had a friend like you when I was younger. At sleepovers she’d roll all over the place while sleeping. It was very funny for the rest of us to watch actually. :D
on May 14 2008 #
Rhiannon said:
Haha - *apparently* I’m guilty of cover-stealing too.
on May 14 2008 #
Jordie said:
I toss and turn a LOT. If I were at that Scout camp, I would’ve probably ended up in Timbuktu.
on May 14 2008 #