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What side of the bed do you sleep on?

154 replies

FuckMiniBabybells · 11/11/2024 18:27

In relation to your bedroom door?
I need help to settle a debate with a friend.
I say most men sleep by the door, and most women away from. Could be sexist claptrap but I think I'm onto something.

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Ihadoneofthose1 · 11/11/2024 20:10

KnopkaPixie · 11/11/2024 19:59

I've only ever managed to sleep on my stomach on the beach. Or maybe when I was a baby in the bum in the air position. Don't your lovely lady lumps get in the way?

My lady lumps are quite small but I still can't do it.

It works best if you have the whole bed to starfish in. Your top half is sort of slightly off to one side because you do need to be able to breathe!

DoublePeonies · 11/11/2024 20:10

Position of the door doesn't come into it.
I sleep on my side.
In this house, that's away from the door, previous house door side.....
I've probably spent longer in houses on the door side than not.

TinyTeachr · 11/11/2024 20:11

DH goes to bed last so he goes doorside. We were the otger way round pre-kids but i often go to sleep as soon as all the kids are down as the odds are I won't be getting a full night!

MustBeThursday · 11/11/2024 20:11

I sleep on the right hand side (looking from the foot of the bed, with DH to my right when I'm in bed) regardless of where that is in relation to the door. It was door side in our last house but not in our current one.

WhyIsTheDogBlue · 11/11/2024 20:12

Always on the right side of the bed regardless of location. I get restless leg in my right and like to be able to hang it out of the side and jiggle it about without getting completely out of bed.

MyOtherCarisAVauxhallZafira · 11/11/2024 20:13

On the right usually, which in every home I've lived in has been closest to the door, but when we go to PIL I sleep on the left closest to the door but also closest to DS' room. We went to a spa recently and I slept on the left by the window farthest from the door.

SR71Blackbird · 11/11/2024 20:14

I use the whole bed, I’m fidgety even in my sleep. It’s king size and I’ve woken up sideways on occasion. I could never commit to one side.

#singleforareason

pizzaHeart · 11/11/2024 20:15

Nearest to the door.

@FuckMiniBabybells are you still on to something?

DancingFerret · 11/11/2024 20:15

I sleep on the left always - at home and away, regardless of where the door is.

Clearinguptheclutter · 11/11/2024 20:17

never thought about the door. But if you look facing the bed (which is actually where the door is, on the opposite wall to the bed) I am on the right, and was also on the right in our previous two houses, which happened to be on the “door” side

JustAboutMuddlingThrough · 11/11/2024 20:19

Both sides

freddyfluffball · 11/11/2024 20:22

So looking back I have always slept on the right whether by the door or not.

addictedtolove022 · 11/11/2024 20:23

Left side of the bed, away from the door and nearest to the window. Window open all night, however.

AyrshireTryer · 11/11/2024 20:24

On the left as left-handed.

KnopkaPixie · 11/11/2024 20:24

I wonder what the protocol is when working as a honeytrap agent for MI6, the CIA, the FSB or the Mossad?

Moonlightdust · 11/11/2024 20:24

NetballHoop · 11/11/2024 18:50

I sleep on the right. Always.

Same. ‘My right’ when laying on it, if that makes sense?!

FuckMiniBabybells · 11/11/2024 20:24

pizzaHeart · 11/11/2024 20:15

Nearest to the door.

@FuckMiniBabybells are you still on to something?

'Fraid not.
I concede that it was a load of sexist claptrap.

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TheDogsMother · 11/11/2024 20:24

GoodyBag · 11/11/2024 18:34

Whichever one of us goes to bed first chooses.

What ???? You don't have an official side of the bed ?

Ratfinkstinkypink · 11/11/2024 20:25

The left and even though DH is no longer here I still can't sleep on his side of the bed.

TheDowagerCountessofPembroke · 11/11/2024 20:26

We have two bedrooms. When we were in one bedroom I’m on the left, in the other I’m on the right. In both cases he is closer to the door.
When we stay anywhere else then he is usually closer to the door.

Futurethinking2026 · 11/11/2024 20:26

I sleep on the left, him on the right. I’m nearest the door in this house, he was in the last house. We don’t swap depending on where the door is.

TheDogsMother · 11/11/2024 20:27

The left as you look at the bed from the end. DH has always nearest the door but in the house the bed faces the door so we are both nearest.

freddyfluffball · 11/11/2024 20:28

GoodyBag · 11/11/2024 18:34

Whichever one of us goes to bed first chooses.

🤯

Edingril · 11/11/2024 20:29

I sleep on the right and him on the left we have always done this regardless of where the door is

No idea why sex has to be in every single discussion

FuckMiniBabybells · 11/11/2024 20:29

KnopkaPixie · 11/11/2024 19:50

Also, can you only sleep on one side of your body? Or are you an on your back or a freakish stomach sleeper?

I sleep on half of my stomach and one tit with one leg straight and one at a 90° angle.
But I do have a set up of pillows to ensure maximum comfort for my Lovely Lady Lumps.

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