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DanaC · 09-13-2008, 08:05 AM

I have to say when I went from living with a partner to living alone, one of the most wonderful things about it was not having to share bed/bedroom, and not having to just lie there awake and quiet when unable to sleep. No air of disapproval if I am typing away at 4 am, no problem if I want to run a bath at 3. Can't sleep? Put on light, turn on radio and have smoke and a read...

One of the things I hated, when i had my brief fling with D, was the bed-sharing aspect. I didn't mid being over at his place (at first) and waking up there in the morning...didn't much like him being at mine though. That's my territory (MINE!) and frankly I don't want to share it, except with a dog.

Most of all I hated the actual physical sharing of the bed. I am profoundly restless in bed lol, I am never still. It comes with having eczema, or just the fact I am quite a restless person physically. I am up and down all night like a yoyo, what with 1am snacks, 2 am baths, radio news at 5am and sudden 4 am need to check diary to make sure I am not supposed to be anywhere in the morning...

I'm a nightmare for someone else to live with. Trying to contain all that makes it a nightmare for me:P

[eta] personally I think twin beds seem an eminently sensible solution to the problem of trying to cram two adult bodies into a fairly small space for sleeping. Especially if one of the adults concerned is a big bloke with a tendency to drift slowly across the mattress gradually pushing you over to the very edge...

09-13-2008, 08:05 AM	#7
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	I have to say when I went from living with a partner to living alone, one of the most wonderful things about it was not having to share bed/bedroom, and not having to just lie there awake and quiet when unable to sleep. No air of disapproval if I am typing away at 4 am, no problem if I want to run a bath at 3. Can't sleep? Put on light, turn on radio and have smoke and a read... One of the things I hated, when i had my brief fling with D, was the bed-sharing aspect. I didn't mid being over at his place (at first) and waking up there in the morning...didn't much like him being at mine though. That's my territory (MINE!) and frankly I don't want to share it, except with a dog. Most of all I hated the actual physical sharing of the bed. I am profoundly restless in bed lol, I am never still. It comes with having eczema, or just the fact I am quite a restless person physically. I am up and down all night like a yoyo, what with 1am snacks, 2 am baths, radio news at 5am and sudden 4 am need to check diary to make sure I am not supposed to be anywhere in the morning... I'm a nightmare for someone else to live with. Trying to contain all that makes it a nightmare for me:P [eta] personally I think twin beds seem an eminently sensible solution to the problem of trying to cram two adult bodies into a fairly small space for sleeping. Especially if one of the adults concerned is a big bloke with a tendency to drift slowly across the mattress gradually pushing you over to the very edge...