How do you and your DP sleep?

[saintshar]

I was thinking about this the other day. Most people say that DH and I have a very close relationship - and they are right. We have been together for 13 Years, we still hold hands, snog etc, etc. but when we go to bed, we end up having our backs to each other - always have.

Now the only other people i can comment about with regards to this are my parent. They have always had a very volatile relationship. They have never really 'got on' and they often say they wonder why they are still together - so do I. But they sleep in a 'spoons' position, with their arms around each other.

All very strange if you ask me, you obviously would think it would be the other way around! - or maybe we are just a strange family.

So does your sleeping position match your relationship?

Married 14 years, and always sleep back to back. Had a boyfriend once who I was mad about but not too sure of, and slept in his arms or draped across him. Must have been because I was insecure about the relationship.

back to back, - well normally spoons till DH thinks i'm asleep - then I spoons him till I can't be arsed cos I can't sleep like that so i'm lat on my back, then roll over onto my side so we're back to back, normally are cuddlin when we wake up thou.

(glad we're not the only one's who do back to back, I thought there was somehting wrong with our relationship, althou it's v strong and open)

Yup spoon and cuddles in bed, but when it comes to sleeping it's back to back, or him back to me and me on my front which is my most normal falling asleep position.

been together for about 10 years, the only time we slept in spoons was at uni, mainly because we had to share a single bed!!

Often sleep separately lately because usually one of the children is ill and co-sleeping with me.

When in the same bed we have our own space. Dh would like to cuddle but I find that inhibits my sleep.

Despite this we have a good relationship.

not much with a little babe in our room

usually back to back - as I feed dd2 during the night and tend to sleep facing the basket whereas he likes to sleep facing the other way.

Yep back to back here too. Ditto the breathing bit...although once I woke up to find we had both rolled over in our sleep and our faces were literally inches apart!

Neither of us can believe we used to sleep in a single bed together...I couldn't bear it now!

Not very well at the moment which is why I have been up and on Mumsnet since 5am!

pinkwhistle - no, I can't believe dh and I shared a single bed when we were students

I like my own space in bed, don't like any bit of me touching dh - he would go to sleep cuddled up but I'm not having any of it. Usual sleeping position is me facing outwards, and him on his back snoring, then me kicking him til he turns on to his front.

Btw, read somewhere the other day that 68% of women sleep on the left hand side of the bed. But it didn't say whether that was the left side as you're in it, or the left side as if you are standing at the foot of the bed looking at it! I sleep on the right side if it's the former, and the left side if it's the latter.

I'm on the left as you look at it as well, and always back to back.