Bedside Manners

[jamesq]

While lying in bed last night I realized that I only use half my bed and that for most of my adult life, I've used the same side. This leads to me rotating the mattress every few months to keep the wear even. I even arrange new rooms (or my tent/cot combo while camping) to follow the same pattern. About the only time I don't follow it is if I'm sharing a hotel room - then I'll usually want the bed closest to the door and I'll use the side of the bed farthest from my roommate.

So I thought I'd see if there was any pattern to this - i.e. if we pick up how our parents sleep and unconsciously mimic it. It's a crackpot hypothesis, but that's what LJ polls are for!

Answer honestly - don't use that one time in 1997 when you slept on the left side of the bed to suggest that you use both sides evenly. I'm interested in preferences, not examples of OCD.

[Poll #1659732]

Comments

[danceintheabyss.livejournal.com]

For me it depends entirely on how I've rearranged my room. IE when hubby was still here and bed was in middle fo the room he had to sleep on the left so I slept on the right... I rearranged the bedroom so now the right is against the wall so I sleep on the left. Before hubby it was the farthest side from the door.... cause doors at night creep me out, especially when they are open. So.... no preference really. just whatever tickles my fancy at any given time.