"friday five" ... let's go to bed !

Published on December 3, 2004 By mignuna In Philosophy

This week, we're going to chat about that most important of locations, the bed ! ... and we're not even going to be rude doing it !. Are you ready ? ... okay then, let's go to bed !

1/ What do you wear to bed ?

2/ Do you snore, sleepwalk, talk, or do anything else ‘odd’ in your sleep ?

3/ Do you prefer sheets and blankets or a quilt/comforter ?

4/ Do you have a ‘side’ of the bed or a favourite sleeping position ?

5/ What else do you do in your bed besides sleep ? (yes, yes, I know that sounds dirty, but I mean stuff like reading, you naughty, naughty people !)

Comments (Page 1)

imajinit

on Dec 03, 2004

the advantage of working the graveyard shift in the U.S. is that I get to be one of the first to respond to the 'Friday Five'... so without further adieu:

#1 - nude, naked, nekkid, in the buff, sans clothing, in my birthday suit, bare-assed... get the idea?

#2 - I snore... very very loudly. I once snored so loud that I woke my own self up!

#3 - gotta have one sheet below me, one sheet & comforter above me... we're talking the big thick plush type comforter... I think maybe I have issues or something... sometimes I get so comfy in my bed that I just don't want to ever get out of it... wait... I'm sure I'm not alone w/ that feeling... Come to think of it, those women who have shared my bed have been known to have a little trouble getting out of it at times too...

i'm such a slut...

#4 - I always sleep on the left side of my bed... all this talk about sleeping is making me tired...
must... keep... going...

#5 - I've been known to lay in bed with my laptop in my lap, and spend large periods of time surfing the web, writing emails, and blogging... oh, and watching the occasional porn clip. Oh, and I like to play with myself in bed too... I'm not the only dude with a happy sock next to the bed am I guys?

Sally jacobs

on Dec 03, 2004

1/ What do you wear to bed ?
I wear a t-shirt to bed, and that's it. I hate having anything on my legs, even when it's really cold, I hate it. They need to move freely

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2/ Do you snore, sleepwalk, talk, or do anything else ‘odd’ in your sleep ?
I'm a really quiet sleeper. I hardly make a noise. Though if I'm having a bad dream, I do talk apparently.

3/ Do you prefer sheets and blankets or a quilt/comforter ?
I love my quilt! I hate sheets and blankets. Yuck! I love getting under my quilt and hiding, and being all cosy.

4/ Do you have a ‘side’ of the bed or a favourite sleeping position ?
I sleep on the left side of the bed, so my head is always at the left side, then as the night goes on, I angle myself so I'm going across the bed. I like to be spread out, hehe.

5/ What else do you do in your bed besides sleep ? (yes, yes, I know that sounds dirty, but I mean stuff like reading, you naughty, naughty people !)
I read, and write in bed. I even blog. I'm actually writing this from my bed.
I love my bed!

Danny Bassette

on Dec 03, 2004

1/ What do you wear to bed? Whatever I happen to have on when I get to bed, usually sweatpants and a t-shirt
2/ Do you snore, sleepwalk, talk, or do anything else ‘odd’ in your sleep? Not that I'm aware of, although my brother walks in his sleep, holds conversations, and remembers none of it in the morning
3/ Do you prefer sheets and blankets or a quilt/comforter? I would prefer a quilt, but I don't have one, so sheets and blankets are what I use
4/ Do you have a ‘side’ of the bed or a favourite sleeping position? Side, no. Position, all wrapped up so snug I can't move.
5/ What else do you do in your bed besides sleep? Stare out the window at whatever happens to be there (deer, snow, rain, the neighbors, whatever). In the past my bed has been positioned so that I could use the computer from it, but not now.

dharmagrl

on Dec 03, 2004

1/ What do you wear to bed ?

PJ's or a nightie (oe one of D's T shirts). I got out of the habit of sleeping naked when the kids were small, and now I can't sleep unless I have something on.

2/ Do you snore, sleepwalk, talk, or do anything else ‘odd’ in your sleep ?

Not that I'm aware of.

3/ Do you prefer sheets and blankets or a quilt/comforter ?

My down quilt.

4/ Do you have a ‘side’ of the bed or a favourite sleeping position ?

I'm on the left, he's on the right, and I tend to sleep on my left or on my belly.

5/ What else do you do in your bed besides sleep ? (yes, yes, I know that sounds dirty, but I mean stuff like reading, you naughty, naughty people !)

Read, watch TV, eat snacks (listen to D bitch about crumbs in the bed)...we played 'The Sims' on Gameboy SP last night and sometimes we've played cards....and other games too

Floozie

on Dec 03, 2004

1/ What do you wear to bed ? Nothing. I sleep in the nud (yes nud, not nude - I wonder if that's an Aussie term?) I feel horribly constricted sleeping in anything at all. Makes it a bitch when I have to go to the loo though!

2/ Do you snore, sleepwalk, talk, or do anything else ‘odd’ in your sleep ? There are only a couple of events I can think of, the funniest being when I had a friend staying over when I was 13 or 14. I got out of bed, carefully stepped over my friend's mattress on the floor, opened my blinds, called my dog's name repeatedly until he was standing below my window. I then seemed satisfied and said 'Good boy' and went back to bed. Odd. I also talk in my sleep, but only when very, very tired.

3/ Do you prefer sheets and blankets or a quilt/comforter ? It's gotta be a doona all the way! Maybe even two, if I'm feeling particularly decadent.

4/ Do you have a ‘side’ of the bed or a favourite sleeping position ? I have a huge bed and only sleep on a little bit of it. I sleep on my right hand side in the middle of the bed. Room for plenty more!

5/ What else do you do in your bed besides sleep ? If I'm lucky I find someone to share it with me! Otherwise, I always read before I go to bed. I tend to only sleep in my bed. Once I'm awake, I'm up. I get bored lolling around in there.

chiprj

on Dec 03, 2004

1/ What do you wear to bed ?
Boxer briefs and a t-shirt

2/ Do you snore, sleepwalk, talk, or do anything else ‘odd’ in your sleep ?
My wife claims that I snore, but I stayed up all night once, just to check, and I didn't snore once!

3/ Do you prefer sheets and blankets or a quilt/comforter ?
I usually get warm easily, so I usually kick the comforter over to my wife's side and just use the sheet.

4/ Do you have a ‘side’ of the bed or a favourite sleeping position ?
As you're laying in the bed and looking at the ceiling, I sleep on the right side. Sometimes, I face in, sometimes out, but almost always I sleep on my side.

5/ What else do you do in your bed besides sleep ? (yes, yes, I know that sounds dirty, but I mean stuff like reading, you naughty, naughty people !)
I read, watch TV, and sometimes use the laptop to surf the net.

citahellion

on Dec 03, 2004

1/ Nocturnal apparel: Pajama pants.
2/ Abnormal activities: Not sure if you can really call snoring abnormal, but perhaps the volume which I can achieve is a bit beyond the norm.
3/ Cover Type: flannel sheet, and then enough blankets to get warm quickly but without weighing too much. We have a nice comforter but it's too thick and heavy for me.
4/ Slumber Style: I sleep on the right side of the bed (as you're lying face-up in it), generally on my right side (facing the wall). If I roll onto my back, I start snoring pretty quickly, and then I get prodded to roll back onto my side. Sometimes I roll onto my left side but my left arm will tend to get its circulation cut off after a while, whereas I almost never have that problem on my right side.
5/ Alternative Activities: about the only thing extra that I do in the bed is to stretch and try to loosen my back muscles, and pop my spine. And that's right at the start of the "going to bed" process; after that, bed is for sleeping (or the dirty stuff you're not talking about), which helps maintain good sleep habits. If all you do in bed is sleep, it becomes an easy, automatic process to go to sleep when you get into bed.

LadyCleve

on Dec 03, 2004

1/ What do you wear to bed ?

It depends on how warm it is. Usually some variation of shorts and t-shirt, but I'm basically my own furnace, so most of the year I don't wear much.

2/ Do you snore, sleepwalk, talk, or do anything else ‘odd’ in your sleep ?

Not that I know of, well, maybe I do talk some......................and I've occasionally wakened myself with strange sounds I made in my dreams.

3/ Do you prefer sheets and blankets or a quilt/comforter ?

Sheets, very soft ones, and a comforter. My hubby has to have the weight of the comforter or blankets on him to sleep well, even in the summer. The covers often end up on his side of the bed.

4/ Do you have a ‘side’ of the bed or a favourite sleeping position ?

Right hand side currently, and I usually sleep on my belly with one leg bent up towards my waist, one arm under the pillow, and the other hand under my face.

5/ What else do you do in your bed besides sleep ? (yes, yes, I know that sounds dirty, but I mean stuff like reading, you naughty, naughty people !)

Read, play cards, talk on the phone, pet the cats, sort and fold laundry. Used to watch TV and or movies, but we don't have a TV in the bedroom anymore, and we haven't watched TV in about 15 months.

MarcieMoo

on Dec 03, 2004

1/ What do you wear to bed ?
Depends...sometimes nothing, sometimes Ryan's boxers and a tank top, sometimes pj bottoms and a tank top...

2/ Do you snore, sleepwalk, talk, or do anything else ‘odd’ in your sleep ?
I think I snore when I sleep on my back...I know I've woken myself up in the car because I'm snoring. Ryan loves when I do that.

3/ Do you prefer sheets and blankets or a quilt/comforter ?
I usually go to sleep with a comforter and both top and bottom sheets...sometimes I forgo the comforter for a light blanket...I tend to heat up like an oven. Babies love me cause I'm so warm...

4/ Do you have a ‘side’ of the bed or a favourite sleeping position ?
I usually fall asleep on my right side with my nose up against the wall. Sometimes if I go visit Ryan in his room to snuggle, I have to sleep on the left side...he always gets the right.

5/ What else do you do in your bed besides sleep ? (yes, yes, I know that sounds dirty, but I mean stuff like reading, you naughty, naughty people !)
I read, eat, watch movies...and I'm a good girl...so no dirty stuff!...not yet anyway...

BlueDev

on Dec 03, 2004

1) Just a pair of shorts and a T shirt. Can't stand to have something longer than shorts though.

2) I do snore. Not too bad usually, but to help I always sleep with a Breathe Right strip on, it has made a difference, or so my wife says.

3) Sheets, with a quilt on top when it is cold enough, but I am a pretty warm sleeper, so usually just a sheet until the middle of winter.

4) I have to sleep on the right side. My wife sleeps on the left. We tried to switch once and it was a horrible night. We always fall asleep with me on my back and her on her right side, head on my shoulder, my left arm around her. If she turns on her left side we spoon, with both my arms around her. We like to sleep close to each other. We only sleep in a full size bed, so even when we go away and sleep in a Queen or King size we take up the same amount of the bed.

5) Occasionally I read, but I try not to. It can be too disruptive to my sleep hygiene (yes, that is a real term) to stay awake while in bed (with, of course, the exception of a certain activity

Texas Wahine

on Dec 03, 2004

1/ What do you wear to bed ?

I usually just sleep in panties, but when the kids come to the door wanting to get in bed with me, I put on a t-shirt. I have a pair of soft, worn Mickey Mouse pajama bottoms that I love, and I wear them a lot when I get up or before I go to bed, but I can't sleep in them.

2/ Do you snore, sleepwalk, talk, or do anything else ‘odd’ in your sleep ?

I grind my teeth. Not sure if I snore. I probably do sometimes.

3/ Do you prefer sheets and blankets or a quilt/comforter ?

I have to have some layer of something on top of me, be it a quilt, sheet, comforter, blanket, etc. -- even if it's hot. I can't sleep without something covering me.

4/ Do you have a ‘side’ of the bed or a favourite sleeping position ?

Right now I sleep very much on the right side and I even leave stuff sitting on the other side of the bed (t-shirt from the day before, book, clothes hanger, stuff like that). That's probably a really crap thing to do, but it doesn't bother me and there's really no one to complain about it. I sleep mostly curled up. When Adrian is home he sleeps on the right side of the bed, and I sleep snuggled into him in a "spooning" position.

5/ What else do you do in your bed besides sleep ? (yes, yes, I know that sounds dirty, but I mean stuff like reading, you naughty, naughty people !)

Read, watch TV (rarely), snuggle with my boys. Different answer when Adrian's home.

Silver_and_Jade_Tears

on Dec 03, 2004

1- A huge, man's X-L T-shirt, and soft flannel pajama pants
2-I kick. I feel bad for my fiance, becuase he'll probably get kicked a few times. But then again, he snores, so I guess we're even.
3- I sleep with three quilts in the summer, and double that in the winter. Plus six or seven pillows.
4- I rarely sleep on my bed. For the past two years, the main place I sleep is on my floor. I don't know why, it just happens to be a preference.
5- Since my bed has been overtaken by shed clothing that I have decided not to wear, I don't do much in it. Now on the floor, I read, eat, do homework, sleep, talk on the phone, write in my diary, and any other number of things.

foreverserenity

on Dec 03, 2004

1/ What do you wear to bed ?
Some nights a Tiger print Chemise, other times, sleep shirts.

2/ Do you snore, sleepwalk, talk, or do anything else ‘odd’ in your sleep ?
I swear I don't snore, my husband says I do (although he snores so loud). Sometimes I do talk in my sleep when I'm dreaming, it depends on the type of dream. There are times when I wake up feeling very tired because I've had a very "real" dream.

3/ Do you prefer sheets and blankets or a quilt/comforter ?
Comforter, all year round.

4/ Do you have a ‘side’ of the bed or a favourite sleeping position ?
I always sleep on the right side of the bed on my left side. I have to be on my left side to really sleep. I blame that on my pregnancies.

5/ What else do you do in your bed besides sleep ? (yes, yes, I know that sounds dirty, but I mean stuff like reading, you naughty, naughty people !)
Read books and/or magazines, watch telly, play with my 3 year old, listen to music, work on projects, and of course, other things.....

mignuna

on Dec 03, 2004

it's 9.15am saturday here, and i love waking up to the friday five answers !. as usual, you wonderful people didn't disappoint me

my turn ...

1/ What do you wear to bed ? ... winter: mens flannel pyjama pants and a cotton singlet (i can't stand sleeves, even short ones). summer: underwear or nothing, or a t-shirt and phils' boxers if we have guests.

2/ Do you snore, sleepwalk, talk, or do anything else ‘odd’ in your sleep ? ... the worst thing i do is whack my husband on the head occasionally, but he says i sometimes don't have my eyes completely shut when i'm asleep and he can see the whites of my eyes, which is pretty icky. i also talk and laugh in my sleep, and if i'm having a bad dream i sometimes 'act it out' and jump all over the bed and phil has to wake me up.

3/ Do you prefer sheets and blankets or a quilt/comforter ? ... white cotton bottom sheet, white cotton top sheet, light cotton quilt for summer, heavy down quilt for winter. i'm so anal. i change the quilts with the seasons and store linen like an old lady hehe.

4/ Do you have a ‘side’ of the bed or a favourite sleeping position ? ... in this house, i sleep on the left side as i like being near the window, but in our previous home i slept on the right side for the same reason. i like a slight breeze on my face and fresh air, even when it's cold. i sleep with my arms and legs splayed out in a position phil calls 'the starfish' (when i persist at that, he goes and sleeps in the other room hehe), or on my right side with my leg bent up to my chest.

5/ What else do you do in your bed besides sleep ? ... aside from the stuff we're not mentioning, usually nothing. i tend to have trouble switching my mind off and i need to keep the association between 'bed' and 'sleep'.

mig XXX

Shovelheat

on Dec 03, 2004

1/ What do you wear to bed ? FRUIT OF THE LOOMS

2/ Do you snore, sleepwalk, talk, or do anything else ‘odd’ in your sleep ? I RATTLE GARAGE DOORS FOR THREE BLOCKS SNORING

3/ Do you prefer sheets and blankets or a quilt/comforter ? SHEETS & BLANKETS

4/ Do you have a ‘side’ of the bed or a favourite sleeping position ? NO, SLEEPING IS MY HOBBY

5/ What else do you do in your bed besides sleep ? (yes, yes, I know that sounds dirty, but I mean stuff like reading, you naughty, naughty people !) I MIGHT STAY UP LATE AND WATCH GOOD EATS ON TV...

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