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One leg in one leg out is a sound strategy to cool down in bed?

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Mouldyfoodhelp · 06/06/2024 18:09

You get into bed you're hot, you take the cover off you're cold. Natural solution half in half out right?

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AlanBrendaCelia · 06/06/2024 21:50

sparepantsandtoothbrush · 06/06/2024 18:17

But what about the monsters under the bed? They only grab what isn't under the duvet!

You raise an excellent point.

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Mouldyfoodhelp · 06/06/2024 21:31

Sorry suddenly got busy but yes is a discussion where one is half in half out and one thinks it's bonkers and you're either all in or all out.

The way to keep the monsters at bay is cheesy 🧀 feet

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PeppermintPorpoise · 06/06/2024 19:40

The monster attack risk is too high for me. I sleep under a flat sheet when its hot.

Hungrycaterpillarsmummy · 06/06/2024 19:27

I do do that but actually the correct decision is to remove the duvet and use a sheet

Oblomov24 · 06/06/2024 19:26

I've had one foot out for the last 10+ years, it seems to be the only way I can regulate my bed / sleeping temperature.

buffyslayer · 06/06/2024 19:09

Cat agrees one leg is best

One leg in one leg out is a sound strategy to cool down in bed?
CleftChin · 06/06/2024 19:06

Have you seen the adverts for a gadget specially designed to blow cold air under your duvet? Facebook must have been listening to me complaining about waking at 3am sweaty, because it's been following recently

Ponderingwindow · 06/06/2024 18:56

It cools a person down, but I can’t actually sleep that way. I need weight on my entire body evenly distributed

this is why I have cooling sheets, an open weave cooling weighted blanket, cooling pajamas, and a small fan that blows directly on me while I sleep.

DaffydownClock · 06/06/2024 18:55

StaySpicy · 06/06/2024 18:11

Yes, or both lower legs out and hips/bum covered!

Edited

Me too. Dd does the same.

Craftycorvid · 06/06/2024 18:55

Absolutely correct procedure. This technique is known as ‘spider legging’ in our household, as in one leg on the web to pick up the vibes of anything wandering about out there. Of course, no foot must dally too long off the edge of the bed due to monsters. Monsters are known to be unable to climb.

RonObvious · 06/06/2024 18:48

sparepantsandtoothbrush · 06/06/2024 18:17

But what about the monsters under the bed? They only grab what isn't under the duvet!

As long as your foot doesn’t hang over the side of the bed, you’re fine.

EsmeSusanOgg · 06/06/2024 18:41

LauderSyme · 06/06/2024 18:22

Mandalorian fan?

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What gave me away ;)

usernother · 06/06/2024 18:27

Both feet out is far more effective.

Springwatch123 · 06/06/2024 18:25

Also, turn your pillow over. Result, one ice- cold pillow. I’ve never worked out why this is so, but it works.

LauderSyme · 06/06/2024 18:25

JayAlfredPrufrock · 06/06/2024 18:22

Best way.

Do you dare to eat a peach though?

Love love love that poem ❤️ Ref username for those who think I am barking.

Sue152 · 06/06/2024 18:24

A hand and a foot is the best way. If you have a whole leg or a whole arm they will end up cold.

JayAlfredPrufrock · 06/06/2024 18:22

Best way.

LauderSyme · 06/06/2024 18:22

EsmeSusanOgg · 06/06/2024 18:20

This is the way. YANBU.

Mandalorian fan?

Justcallmebebes · 06/06/2024 18:21

I have this but when my feet are uncovered I fear the serial killer hiding under my bed will grab my feet. However, if my feet are not exposed, he won't bother me

EsmeSusanOgg · 06/06/2024 18:20

This is the way. YANBU.

LauderSyme · 06/06/2024 18:20

NeverEnoughPants · 06/06/2024 18:14

Yep, I have been known to do that on occasion. Why do you ask?

We are being roped in to settle an argument, is my guess 🙂

CleftChin · 06/06/2024 18:18

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who considered the monster under the bed.

TheTripThatWasnt · 06/06/2024 18:18

Of course! It's why if we ever end up with a bed against a wall, I always take the 'open' side. I can't sleep against a wall.

LauderSyme · 06/06/2024 18:18

Yep, it works for the males in my household (and the female, when she is recovering from a hot flush. When she is in the actual throes of a hot flush the duvet gets violently shoved aside, but half and half works well as the heat recedes 🔥 ).

I thought it was so cute when ds started sticking one leg out in the exact same way his df does.

CleftChin · 06/06/2024 18:17

yes. My preferred method is to roll over with the lower-half of the quilt kinda between my legs so the top leg is cooling, and the bottom leg is out. It's tricky to get the balance right so there's not a draft up my back, but it means one leg isn't potentially dangling for the monster under the bed to grab, plus I'm a side-sleeper anyway.