What side of the bed, and why?

I have this predicament when I sleep in an unfamiliar place, or open space. I like to be able to plan out an 'escape route' or somesuch before I go to sleep =P I'm sure your partner loves that you feel protected in their presence, though =D

I hope he does and doesn't just think I'm silly! I plan escape routes too sometimes. Heh!

I guess I didn't add why - I think its random as I turn on both sides and my back. Besides, the right side is just a starting out point!

Sounds like me. I used to fall off the bed a lot as a child - if you're going to blame my misuse of than and then on that then er rasberry - and I used to wake up on the other side of the bed-head at the foot, foot at the head! *raises hand. Your balance comment reminded me of a walk I was taking one day with a Karate teacher I had years ago. This dog barrelled into me and I fell. He helped me up and said, "Sometimes we have to lose our balance to find it. " he said, with a mishevious smirk. First, that was one of many things that started my crush on my teacheer between his gentleness and humour which got more wicked as I knew him ( I love the dry along with the silly humour) and second it got me wondering why I don't have perfect balance by now.

haha, the way I walk on the footpath/sidewalk drives my sister nuts. I always end up swerving towards her and pushing her off the path. Luckily, when walking with my partner I don't do this because we have a good balance. =] I'm always waking myself and my partner up on the nights i decide to flail all about the bed in my sleep =P

Well, perhaps we should meet some time. I go from when you're laying in bed on your back. the left side is on the side of your left arm and so on. =D

Ha ha. well if we were ever walking together it would be successful! If I'm walking with a group of two or more people (not including myself) than i also have to walk in the back of the group! weird!

What a bunch of weirdos we are! =P

I'm the exact opposite with walking! I can't stand having someone walk on my left side, because it makes me feel off-balance. I have to be on the left side, and I have to walk at the back in a group, because I don't like having people walk behind me. I'm a lot easier with sleeping.

it sounds like you're a very conscious sleeper - do you feel relaxed after you sleep, or just... not? =P I used to do that, almost wake myself up to delicately turn over. I'd wake up in the morning, hop out of bed and it would look like I just made it. I was a bit uptight then, though. The bed that I sleep in at the moment doesn't have a fitted sheet that actually fits it, so it's always a tangle of sheets and mess no matter what I do!

wear foam shoulder pats (or an entire body suit) and sleep in that so your shoulder doesn't dig in, and see if that helps. if not, then it's definitely the size. =D

I wouldn't say I'm not uptight. I could probably relax a little. I think it's probably more to do with my shoulder digging into the slats under my bed and the fact that I have hardly any room to move in my bed anyway, but who knows? That might be affecting it too...

wow, I'm so glad that I don't have a single bed anymore... I sleep so much better being able to spread myself out and have someone share the bed with me. being a restless sleeper myself, i found it absolute hell being in such a constricting bed!

That's fair enough, i don't know how many minor injuries I've suffered from tripping over, or running into something trying to get a drink or go to the toilet in the middle of the night! ..."I don't remember that wall being there before..." =P