Question for couples. Double or King size?

[likeamillpond]

I moved in with my partner 6 months ago and everything is great except he has a double bed and I'm a restless sleeper and he gives off a ton of heat.
I've said we should get a king size as that's what most people have.
He seems to think it's not the bed and that I'm the one with a problem and that most people have double beds and get on alright with them.
I'd have a super king if it was me but the room wouldn't take it.
So AIBU for not wanting to spend every night squashed up in a double bed?
If you're a couple what do you have?

I feel like we're going against the grain here. We're both tall (I'm nearly 6ft and he's over 6ft) and we're slim but not skinny little slips of things, and we comfortably share a double. King size duvet is compulsory though! We we stay somewhere fancy with a massive bed I get confused in the night when I reach out and can't touch him we would maybe upgrade to a king size if we fancied it (although not needing a new bed any time soon) but definitely not bigger than that!

We currently rent a furnished flat and have a double bed. It’s awful. As soon as we move into somewhere unfurnished we are getting a super king.

King size - would go for bigger if there was room for it!

We had a double for 32 years. Upgraded to a kingsize this year.... I think I preferred the double TBH.

King size as a minimum - all doubles and kings in my house (two toddlers in double beds) and doubles have king size duvets - just makes life a lot more comfortable. Even try separate, single duvets - a hotel in Berlin did this one time and it changed my life during that very hot, summer holiday. Also, invest in good quality linen and cooking mattress topper for comfort.

Double, but wish we'd got a king. But is a king longer aswell as wider? We could go wider but not any longer. The rooms are small (new build with tiny bedrooms)

*cooling mattress topper

@speakout

Two doubles- in separate rooms.

It's the only way.

Super king. No question 😎

@SortYourLifeHelp

Superking.

Why would ANYONE say double?!

Because we couldn't possibly fit anything bigger in our bedroom - Victorian cottage. And the bedstead is a family heirloom that's 110 years old and we love it.

Superking . However ee now sleep in differnt rooms and we sleep so well .

King

When I met exH we were in halls. We both had singles and started off sleeping together like spoons in a drawer. We’d synchronise turning in our sleep. Then we moved in properly and got a double and still slept in the space of a single. We were like them poor animals rescued from the circus who only know a small cage. With my current H we have a super king, on the few occasions we get to sleep in the same bed it’s great because we still don’t need to touch each other

I always laugh inside when I book a hotel for us and they say ‘oooooh we’ve got a lovely KING SIZE bed for you’ and I think oh shit don’t you have anything bigger.

When it comes to beds I’d say go the biggest you can. I regret not getting an emperor bed now we have more to accommodate.

King and separate duvets we do love each other very much but have never slept better!

King size. I'm 5'1 and a double wasn't big enough for me and DP.

Super King here.

King for us and double fir the kids when they became teens.

Super king all the way.
I wish our room was larger to accommodate an even bigger bed to be honest

Super king all the way! However we migrate to each other sometimes and swap sides! But I could not fall asleep superglued to another person, unless I'd had a few!!

Your OP isn’t about not having a bed and deciding what size you should get when you buy one though, is it?

Your boyfriend has a bed. You have moved in and decided it’s not big enough. He disagrees. This is a different question.

Choosing between a double (£800) and a kingsize £1000, for example) is v different to using the bed that’s already there and getting a kingsize (£1000).

I’m presuming the boyfriend wasn’t thinking about making quite a big expensive purchase at the moment?

Had a double for ages and didn’t question it but when my partner recently renewed the bed he went for a King size and it’s epic, we couldn’t go back to a double now, the king is luxury, don’t know how we ever slept comfortably in a double before.

King size should be the legal minimum

We aren’t big people by any stretch (I’m a size 10, DH is 5’11 and 32” waist) but when we have to share a standard double, we may as well be in a single bed. I can’t sleep properly at all...

Twin super king sized! Sadly only in my dreams or occasionally we’ve had hotel rooms with this magnificent combo!

And a duvet each

King size - and separate duvets. I sleep soooo much better.

It doesn't matter what most people have - if you sleep better in a king size, that's the bed for you.