# Do you share a bedroom with someone? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 8, 2013, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-a-bedroom-with-someone/646512 "2013-01-08T18:09:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-a-bedroom-with-someone/646512/1 "2013-01-08T18:09:48Z")
What’s your bedroom situation? Do you share a bedroom with someone else, or do you have your own room? If you share a room, what do you like or dislike about sharing it? If you have your own room, what do you like or dislike about having a bedroom to yourself? ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-a-bedroom-with-someone/646512/2 "2013-01-08T18:18:13Z")
I think I share a bedroom with someone. Not entirely sure. I respect the person’s privacy too much to look into the situation. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-a-bedroom-with-someone/646512/3 "2013-01-08T18:39:50Z")
I share a bedroom with my SO. I also, however, keep my clothes in the closets and dressers of another bedroom (which I call “my bedroom”). Life is complicated. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-a-bedroom-with-someone/646512/4 "2013-01-08T18:41:57Z")
With my spouse. And before that I lived at home and shared with my sister. I’ve never had my own room. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-a-bedroom-with-someone/646512/5 "2013-01-08T19:47:12Z")
Share bedroom, but both of us have our own offices which are our “rooms.” I’d be sorta bummed if I didn’t have at least one spot in the house that was ALL MINE, if only because I want to clutter and not have anyone on my back about it. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-a-bedroom-with-someone/646512/6 "2013-01-08T20:26:20Z")
Share a bedroom except when he is snoring. Then he shares the couch with the dog. When I was growing up I had my own room. I kinda wish I did now, too. Not because of my husband or anything - it’d just be nice to have my own “space” I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-a-bedroom-with-someone/646512/7 "2013-01-08T20:32:20Z")
Does the dog count? She helps me save on heating. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-a-bedroom-with-someone/646512/8 "2013-01-08T20:37:27Z")
Not only my own room, but my own whole apartment. I sleep in someone else’s room a couple of times a week. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-a-bedroom-with-someone/646512/9 "2013-01-08T21:14:59Z")
Hubster and I share the bedroom with the cat. ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-a-bedroom-with-someone/646512/10 "2013-01-08T21:15:25Z")
I currently live alone, but I generally try to have a bedroom to myself even when sharing accommodations. Not for my comfort, mainly, but for others–my snoring has been described in seismic terms, although I snore less now than I once did. > [@Missy2U](#): > > When I was growing up I had my own room. I kinda wish I did now, too. Not because of my husband or anything - it’d just be nice to have my own “space” I guess. I think most people actually need this to some extent, and I have to wonder how much relationship stress arises from not having it. Not necessarily a bedroom, but an area that is yours alone, where you can go to get away from everyone. Too much togetherness can be toxic. ---
**Author:** ![JerrySTL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@JerrySTL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerrySTL)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-a-bedroom-with-someone/646512/11 "2013-01-08T21:18:11Z")
With my wife. Sometimes the dog and cat also sneak in. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-a-bedroom-with-someone/646512/12 "2013-01-08T21:18:53Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > I currently live alone, but I generally try to have a bedroom to myself even when sharing accommodations. Not for my comfort, mainly, but for others–my snoring has been described in seismic terms, although I snore less now than I once did. I was recently in a dorm-type situation where I had to share a room with a bunch of other people. There were not enough beds in the snorer’s room, so they had to set up a second one – and I ended up having it to myself. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Weeping\_Wyvern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@Weeping\_Wyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weeping_Wyvern)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-a-bedroom-with-someone/646512/13 "2013-01-08T21:39:01Z")
Growing up, I shared a room with my two brothers. And I still do, when I’m at my house for the summer. At college, I had a roommate my first year, but since then have had a private dorm. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-a-bedroom-with-someone/646512/14 "2013-01-08T21:52:48Z")
I wish. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-a-bedroom-with-someone/646512/15 "2013-01-08T22:31:17Z")
I have my own bedroom where I live. I actually have trouble when I do have to share a bedroom with someone else (trips, etc.) I’m sometimes kept awake by others’ snoring, even though I do always wear earplugs when sleeping in a room with someone else. This may sound silly, but I can also be self-conscious about sleeping when there are other people in the room, because I tend to do some unpleasant things in my sleep - I snore myself sometimes, and I think I may also drool. I have even more trouble when I actually have to share a bed with someone, because when I’m by myself, I like to have all of the blanket tucked around me. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-a-bedroom-with-someone/646512/16 "2013-01-08T23:35:20Z")
I have my own bedroom - indeed, my own house. I do share my bed with my dog, who jumps up as soon as she thinks I’m asleep… She is less than 1/4 of my size and seems to think she needs most of the bed. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-a-bedroom-with-someone/646512/17 "2013-01-08T23:39:35Z")
I really should’ve put “I share a bedroom with my pet” as one of the options. 🙂 I have 2 cats, but I don’t like to let them in my bedroom, because I’m afraid that they’ll get trapped in there with the door closed when I’m not around. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-a-bedroom-with-someone/646512/18 "2013-01-08T23:43:02Z")
Yeah, pets should have been included. 😃 My cat’s actually pretty polite about how much of the bed she takes up, when she’s not in the windowsill or headboard. ---
**Author:** ![Silophant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Silophant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silophant)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-a-bedroom-with-someone/646512/19 "2013-01-09T00:11:01Z")
Shared a bedroom with my brother growing up, then with my roommate for the first two years of college. We’ve since moved into an apartment with private bedrooms. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-a-bedroom-with-someone/646512/20 "2013-01-09T00:42:53Z")
My bedroom is the living room, office, dining room, and my 8 year old daughter’s room. I don’t mind it at all. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-a-bedroom-with-someone/646512.md?page=2)