Sharing A Bed

Remember watching I Love Lucy? Lucy and Ricky would talk and argue each from their OWN bed! Some might have thought that to be strange. Some, due to their religious beliefs could relate. Still others, thought hmmmm? That's not a bad idea....

When you live with someone, it is understood that you will share a bed. In the beginning when the relationship is still in the "honeymoon phase", one tends to overlook the annoying idiosyncracies of their partner. Give it some time, trust me. Those idiosyncracies will someday drive you mad. For example, the snoring is no longer cute! It keeps you up at night and it sounds like a herd of elephants. They need background noise to count sheep so they leave the TV and/or radio on. You need complete silence. They talk in their sleep and you are a light sleeper. Translation: you are up listening to the soap opera that is in their head.

A hot topic with the partners is temperature. One likes to sleep with the window open, even when it is below zero outside. You, on the other hand, like to be warm and cozy. Who wins? Will the room be frigid or cozy?

To be or not to be.....naked? PJ's or birthday suit? You have pajamas for every season, they have skin. Sheets or no sheets. Flannel or satin? The differences are endless...

Your partner kicks while they sleep. You have the bruises to prove it. They experience night terrors. They wake you up to divulge their entire dream sequence. They go back to sleep and you watch the sun rise...alone.

Ok, then you have kids. They want to climb into bed with you. Do you stand firm on your decision of "No kids in the bed!", while your spouse lifts the blanket and makes room for them? You know that means no sleep for you. You are afraid you will crush your young or worse yet, your mate will bruise them with their night karate....

In the end, you wonder: "Maybe Lucy and Ricky had something?".