# Poll: How do you get into bed? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 10, 2012, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334 "2012-10-10T17:52:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334/21 "2012-10-10T21:28:47Z")
I voted some other way. It isn’t freaky… but my way is clearly not the most common way or at least no poster has come even close to describing something similar to how I do it. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334/22 "2012-10-10T21:34:23Z")
> [@Enkel](#): > > I voted some other way. It isn’t freaky… but my way is clearly not the most common way or at least no poster has come even close to describing something similar to how I do it. Does it involve a dismount? ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334/23 "2012-10-10T21:50:33Z")
\*\*corkboard,\*\*IMHO the jury is still out on your method. Are you facing the bed or not? **Enkel** , inquiring (and very, very bored) minds want to know! ---
**Author:** ![Simple\_Linctus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334/24 "2012-10-10T21:53:58Z")
I normally quite literally jump into the thing. If I’ve had a lot to drink and have got up in the middle of the night to go the toilet (something I expect to be doing a lot of in a couple of decades) then I may do the sit down way. The roll thing seems absurd, I can’t see why anyone would do that unless they were so unhealhty they make me look like sperman. ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334/25 "2012-10-10T22:09:27Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Does it involve a dismount? > [@Brynda](#): > > **Enkel** , inquiring (and very, very bored) minds want to know! No, no dismount involved and it isn’t weird or freaky. I just don’t want a bunch of internet strangers to know how I retire for the evening. Especially since I’m one of the ‘class of 2012’… you’d all accuse me of being a troll and vote me off the island for being _different_. But, I know there has to be other people who do the same thing as I do. I really can’t be the only one, especially on _this_ forum. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334/26 "2012-10-10T22:16:08Z")
> [@Simple\_Linctus](#): > > I normally quite literally jump into the thing. Being on the XXXL-ish side, I tend to be very nervous about doing this at home, but man do I love testing out beds in hotels by leaping onto them from as far away as I think I can manage. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334/27 "2012-10-10T22:19:47Z")
First, I attach suction cups to my hands and feet so I can climb up the wall and onto the ceiling. When I’m above my trampoline I detach the suction cups and fall into the trampoline, causing me to bounce to where I can grab the monkey bars, which allows me to climb to… Okay, I use the boring, old sit-down method. > [@Simple\_Linctus](#): > > … unless they were so unhealhty they make me look like **sperman**. [Bolding mine] Someone would have to be **really** out of shape to make you look like a sperm-themed super hero. 😉 **Enkel** , If we threw people out for being weird the board would be empty within a week. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334/28 "2012-10-10T22:26:01Z")
I do the roll way. I put a knee on and just flop in. I used to do the sit down way because I had regular box spring mattresses but now I have a air bed type and I don’t have to worry about wearing out the springs and I enjoy the nice little bounce from flopping in. ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334/29 "2012-10-10T22:59:04Z")
I sleep on a mattress on the floor, and usually crawl, or flop full length, onto my bed and loll around for an hour or so before I climb under the covers for sleeping. I tend to flop or bounce onto all furniture. ---
**Author:** ![brainstall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334/30 "2012-10-10T23:07:31Z")
Currently wearing a splint on my knee which keeps my leg straight, so I’ve had to modify my get in bed method. Sit at foot of bed, and take socks off - one I can pull off, the other I have to use the big toe of my other foot to get it off. Then I scooch up the bed and try to get under the covers. Then the dogs arrange themselves around me and we all go to sleep. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334/31 "2012-10-10T23:08:22Z")
I had to go into the bedroom and practice to get the steps down. 1. Turn back covers. 2. Facing bed, put both arms out, parallel, palms down. 3. At an angle, slide hands toward the head of the bed until they’re under the pillow; follow with body. (A slow dive, I guess.) 4. Roll from stomach to side, rearranging pillows and covers. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334/32 "2012-10-10T23:14:42Z")
> [@Enkel](#): > > you’d all accuse me of being a troll and vote me off the island for being _different_. Um, no. You are required to be different here. We get rid of the ones who are the same. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334/33 "2012-10-11T00:06:20Z")
Kind of a modified roll, I guess. The bed’s too tall for me to sit, so I put one knee up and sort of flop onto my right side. From there I turn off the nightstand light and then turn over to my left side while pulling the covers over me. A few deep breaths, sigh of contentment, and off to dreamies. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334/34 "2012-10-11T01:14:45Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > Our bed’s too high for me to sit on; I kind of have to clamber in. > I guess that’s a ‘roll’. Same for me. My bed is so high I feel like The Princess & the Pea. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334/35 "2012-10-11T01:16:03Z")
My wife and I both just checked how we get into bed. I do the sit-down way. My wife does neither choice. She puts her knee closest to the _head_ of the bed on the bed, then lays down and straightens her leg. I tried it her way, and it seemed reasonable. I tried The Roll, though, and it seems very awkward. Too acrobatic. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334/36 "2012-10-11T01:46:45Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Um, no. You are required to be different here. We get rid of the ones who are the same. Yes, we don’t want any redundancy. We need one of every kind of crazy and one normal person. I’m still not sure who the normal person is. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2012, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334/37 "2012-10-11T03:31:10Z")
> [@Brynda](#): > > I noticed recently that I don’t get into bed in the way I have seen others do, and in the way it is depicted in movies and TV. The funny thing is, if you asked me how I did it, I would have said I did it the standard way, but I don’t. So when you answer this, you might want to actually do it, rather than just guess. And take a nap while you are there. You look tired. I climb in, since the top surface of the mattress is about level with my hip joint (yeah, I’m short). ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334/38 "2012-10-11T03:42:04Z")
The same way I put on my pants, with an up-in-the-air leap and double somersault before landing on the mattress. ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334/39 "2012-10-11T13:18:33Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > The same way I put on my pants, with an up-in-the-air leap and double somersault before landing on the mattress. _golf clap_ ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334/40 "2012-10-11T15:02:07Z")
> [@Brynda](#): > > \*\*corkboard,\*\*IMHO the jury is still out on your method. Are you facing the bed or not? 1. Leave bathroom and walk across room toward the right side of the bed (if looking at it from the foot); 2. Stop and remove all clothes; 3. Pull covers out of the way; 4. Turn slightly to the left so I’m facing the foot of the bed; 5. Raise right knee and sort of slide the right side of my right leg and right hip onto the bed, so body is still facing the foot; 6. Lift left leg onto bed and slip under covers; 7. Lay on back. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334.md?page=3)