Which Side Of The Bed?

By Jabo
@jaboUK (64354)
United Kingdom
March 26, 2021 10:22am CST
If you are one of a couple do you always sleep on the same side of the bed? I was talking to a friend yesterday and she said that she and her husband don't - whoever gets to bed first decides which side they want. That seems odd to me as during 53 years of marriage I always slept on the left, my husband on the right. How about you? Are you a creature of habit or don't you care which side you have?
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@arunima25 (87806)
• Bangalore, India
26 Mar 21
We are creatures of habit. He is on right and left is my side. In fact even when he is traveling and I have all bed to myself, I stay on left side.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
26 Mar 21
It was the same for us, I would still keep to my side even if he wasn't there.
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@arunima25 (87806)
• Bangalore, India
26 Mar 21
@jaboUK There is a famous joke here. Why do men sleep on right side? Because they have to be right even in their sleepOr rather they can only be right in sleep.
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
26 Mar 21
Same with me!
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@just4him (317041)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
26 Mar 21
I think when we got married we argued for five minutes about which side of the bed we would sleep on. Since then, even divorced/single again, I sleep on the left.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
26 Mar 21
I wonder if the left is more common for the woman - that was definitely the side I preferred.
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@just4him (317041)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
26 Mar 21
@jaboUK Even now, it's the side I prefer.
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
28 Mar 21
@just4him It's probably the side of man, where God removed one of his rib!
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@ShyBear88 (59347)
• Sterling, Virginia
26 Mar 21
If we are in bed solo my husband and I will sleep in the middle of the bed since the other isn’t there. When we are both sleeping I take the right side and he takes the left. I’m the close to the door because when the kids come in I can hear them. My husband is a rock wouldn’t hear a thing unless you smack him.
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@ShyBear88 (59347)
• Sterling, Virginia
26 Mar 21
@jaboUK it’s true to! The kids even as babies they’d cry loud nothing. He tells a story of how he got pushed out of his bed as a kid because he didn’t hear his mom yelling at him there he need to get into the basement because of a tornado. I’ve hit him a few times in his sleep and I do I don’t hit light.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
26 Mar 21
You made me laugh with that last sentence
@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
26 Mar 21
@ShyBear88 Laughing again
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@LadyDuck (471497)
• Switzerland
26 Mar 21
That sounds extremely odd to me. I cannot even sleep if I switch the side of the bed with my husband. Same as you, I sleep on the left, my husband on the right. I had a creature of habit.
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@LadyDuck (471497)
• Switzerland
27 Mar 21
@jaboUK Let me check if I can find statistics, or if there is a reason why women sleep on the left. If I find something, I will come back and let you know.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
26 Mar 21
So far nearly all the female commenters here have said they sleep on the left, it would be interesting to know what the statistics are (if iindeed there are any)
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
27 Mar 21
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@Tampa_girl7 (50249)
• United States
26 Mar 21
We’ve always slept like the people in the photo.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
26 Mar 21
It was like that for us too. It would have felt strange the other way round.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50249)
• United States
26 Mar 21
@jaboUK I think so too.
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@xFiacre (13011)
• Ireland
26 Mar 21
@tampa_girl7 Couple in photo look like they’ve just woken up and are wondering who each other is and what all happened the night before and they can’t remember a thing.
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
28 Mar 21
We have been married for 31 years and I have always slept on the left side of the bed, Jay sleeps on the right:)
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
28 Mar 21
You like the same side as me Kharla.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
28 Mar 21
@kobesbuddy That does seem odd - I don't think I kept to the same side when walking with my husband.
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
28 Mar 21
@jaboUK Whenever we walk together, Jay is on my left side for some reason. Isn't that funny? I've never thought about this before!
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@allknowing (136369)
• India
27 Mar 21
Same side of the bed.
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@allknowing (136369)
• India
27 Mar 21
@jaboUK Against the wall (lol)
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
27 Mar 21
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
27 Mar 21
Which side do/did you prefer?
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@jstory07 (139697)
• Roseburg, Oregon
27 Mar 21
My husband has to sleep on the right side. The two cats both sleep on my side.
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@jstory07 (139697)
• Roseburg, Oregon
27 Mar 21
@jaboUK No they actually will leave when I roll over and go into the living room to sleep on my love seat.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
27 Mar 21
@jstory07 Clever cats.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
27 Mar 21
Do you ever squash the cats at night?
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@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
26 Mar 21
I tend to sleep on the right side but my wife is one of life's worst nightmares. She starts off sleeping on the left then right then bottom then top then left always pulling the quilt and has arms like a bloody windmill and legs like a helicopter rotor! I love it when she is away or l am then l get the whole bed to myself!!!!
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
26 Mar 21
You're lucky I don't know her or I'd show her your reply!!!
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
26 Mar 21
@garymarsh6 Oh my, you're brave
@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
26 Mar 21
@jaboUK I tell her LOL
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
27 Mar 21
Facing the bed, I sleep on the left...always ..every bed....I can't sleep on the "wrong" side of the bed.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
28 Mar 21
You're the opposite to me, but I always kept to the same side.
@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
29 Mar 21
@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
29 Mar 21
@jaboUK So we could share a bed...lol
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@paigea (36317)
• Canada
30 Mar 21
That does sound odd. I sleep on the left, ( if I am on my back ) But in the trailer I take the inside, which is the right. Hubby has to get up several times in the night.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
30 Mar 21
That makes sense for your husband to be on the outside in the trailer.
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@paigea (36317)
• Canada
30 Mar 21
@jaboUK Yes, less disturbance for us both.
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@Shiva49 (26680)
• Singapore
27 Mar 21
I have been sleeping on the left at least for the last many years.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
27 Mar 21
Same as me Siva.
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@Shiva49 (26680)
• Singapore
27 Mar 21
@jaboUK That comes with a reason too. I have prostate issues, a preserve of men, so I need easier access to the toilet!
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@porwest (90746)
• United States
28 Mar 21
We are the same way. We have our sides and we have kept it that way from day one and I see no reason and have no desire to change that. If you use the headboard for a reference, I'm on the left and she is on the right.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
28 Mar 21
It's interesting that your way seems to be the way the majority sleep.
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@porwest (90746)
• United States
28 Mar 21
@jaboUK Not sure why that is actually. But it IS interesting.
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@Rashnag (30592)
• Surat, India
27 Mar 21
I sleep on right side dear. Take care
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
27 Mar 21
Opposite to me then Rashna - I like the left.
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@Rashnag (30592)
• Surat, India
27 Mar 21
@jaboUK ok dear
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@Juliaacv (51190)
• Canada
27 Mar 21
We are creatures of habit, and always stick to the same side. We have to turn the mattress occasionally so that it wears evening as my hubby's side always sinks before my side does.
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@Juliaacv (51190)
• Canada
27 Mar 21
@jaboUK Yes, he is taller and heavier.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
27 Mar 21
Your husband's heavier than you? My husband was quite small so I'd be heavier than him but we never had any problems because of that.
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@RasmaSandra (79833)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
27 Mar 21
I always had the left side in Latvia and due to this I am so used to it I continue to sleep on the left and have the right side for put the books I read on,
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
27 Mar 21
You get used to sleeping in a certain position don't you?
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@RasmaSandra (79833)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Mar 21
@jaboUK I certainly do the left side has always been it but now I also wake up a bit and turn to the right for a little while just to change position You know it's funny I have a habit of changing the sheets every two weeks I mean it is only me using the bed but then I think no one has even slept not he right side and yet I put on new sheets
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• Midland, Michigan
27 Mar 21
I don't necessarily care but it's easier for my husband to have the left side looking at the bed. Just like the picture.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
27 Mar 21
Ok, so he's on your right, that's what I preferred too.
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• Midland, Michigan
27 Mar 21
@jaboUK my husband would have a hard time if we had to switch because he's missing part of his leg and it's used to stabilizing himself in a certain way when he gets out of the bed.
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@thelme55 (77061)
• Germany
26 Mar 21
I am a creature of a habit and sleep on the right side of the bed.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
26 Mar 21
You seem to be in the minority Thelma, most ladies here have said they sleep on the left.
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@thelme55 (77061)
• Germany
27 Mar 21
@jaboUK Really? Thanks for the info.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
26 Mar 21
Yes we have our assigned locations.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
26 Mar 21
Haha, i suppose cats are a partnership too
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
26 Mar 21
@jaboUK And my husband.
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@ladyhero (3846)
• Indonesia
27 Mar 21
I was right and my husband was left and we slept on the sides facing the right same habit all night
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
27 Mar 21
So you are like a pair of spoons
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@ladyhero (3846)
• Indonesia
27 Mar 21
@jaboUK hahahah yes something like that, actually i want to sleep on top of my husband but later he can't breathe hahahha
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