# 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:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334/41 "2012-10-11T15:04:33Z")
Not in poll: “Sleepy” ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334/42 "2012-10-11T15:06:27Z")
This thread is killing me. I was holding it together okay until “sperman” and then I lost warp containment. I’m a roller. Once I’m in bed, I spend about 5 minutes on one side and then flip to the other side for actually falling asleep. I don’t know why. I just have to. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334/43 "2012-10-11T18:20:05Z")
Ooooo, **Ms. Whatsit,** I do the exact same thing. I have to flip just before I fall asleep. I feel compelled. I know, could this be more trival? I think that’s the stuff I love best on here. Where else do people talk about this stuff? And dammit, I just want to know. Anyone else notice that on TV and movies, the sit down method is the one always shown? ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334/44 "2012-10-12T01:28:46Z")
I actually had to go to my bedroom and pay attention to how I get into bed. I do a roll, I guess, but like **zenbeam’s** wife I put the knee nearest the headboard on the bed first, my arm slides under the pillow and the rest of me just sort of follows. I have to be on my right side to fall asleep. ---
**Author:** ![Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speak_to_me_Maddie)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334/45 "2012-10-12T01:39:14Z")
I dive in, hands and arms first, like a belly slide into home base. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334/46 "2012-10-12T01:43:47Z")
> [@Rollo\_Tomasi](#): > > I voted for “some other freaky way.” I just kinda do a face-plant into the bed, my head going right onto the pillow. Me too. I’m glad I’m not the only one 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334/47 "2012-10-12T01:46:27Z")
> [@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. People may make fun of this, but it does prevent the monster under the bed from being able to grab your ankles. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334/48 "2012-10-12T01:55:36Z")
I sit down. Like a gentleman. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334/49 "2012-10-12T01:57:33Z")
I said other, but my real answer is that I usually default to the roll, but when I remember I do the sit down so my slippers are facing the right direction if I need to get up in the night. ---
**Author:** ![Rollo\_Tomasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@Rollo\_Tomasi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rollo_Tomasi)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334/50 "2012-10-12T02:13:28Z")
> [@Manduck](#): > > People may make fun of this, but it does prevent the monster under the bed from being able to grab your ankles. Yep, I used to leap into the bed from a few feet away specifically to avoid the monster. And then quickly pull the covers up to my chin so their magical shielding powers would protect me. Of course, the idea that the monster could just rip my face off never occurred to me. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334/51 "2012-10-12T03:02:32Z")
If the bed is a proper height for me, the sit and spin. If it is too tall like Microtel beds or the bed at my Mom’s house, I have to actually lay my trunk on the bed and lift a leg, and sort of pry my way onto the damned bed if I don’t have a bit of a step stool. And I keep comment carding at Microtel that someone can simply NOT get from a damned wheelchair into one of their damned beds unassisted. Why the hell they need the top surface of their damned beds to be a full meter off the damned floor, I have no freaking idea. ---
**Author:** ![sunstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunstone/32/3372_2.png) [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334/52 "2012-10-12T03:21:43Z")
I stand facing the edge of the bed with the headboard to my right. I then dip my left shoulder down and roll over on to my back as I twist…this means I land with my head on the pillow, my feet together just over the end of the bed (I keep my feet outside of coverings because of neuropathy) and my hands folded on my abdomen. And I hardly shake the bed as I try to do this as stealthily as possible. Sounds strange as I write it, but I’ve been doing this for decades. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334/53 "2012-10-12T21:16:37Z")
Like this… [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GerPPJJQRX4/T06lJOvVX1I/AAAAAAAAAmw/\_e06JmTzqqQ/s1600/thumbs\_clint+eastwood+jumping+into+bed.jpg](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GerPPJJQRX4/T06lJOvVX1I/AAAAAAAAAmw/_e06JmTzqqQ/s1600/thumbs_clint+eastwood+jumping+into+bed.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334/54 "2012-10-13T01:32:25Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > I always have the head of the bed farthest from the door and since lightswitches are usually right next to the door, I turn the light off and simply clamber over the foot of the bed to the pillow whereupon I collapse on top of the blankets for a moment and then shift myself to the side and get under the covers. My wife does that a lot. I use the sit-down method. On the boat, of course, I used a quite different method: Grab the ventilation duct outside the rack with my left hand, grab the duct inside the rack with my right hand, give a little jump and swing my feet up into the rack, then wiggle my way in the rest of the way. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334/55 "2012-10-13T01:36:39Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > Same for me. My bed is so high I feel like The Princess & the Pea. Well, one doesn’t really expect butterflies to sleep at ground level… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334/56 "2012-10-13T02:10:28Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > My wife does that a lot. I use the sit-down method. > > On the boat, of course, I used a quite different method: Grab the ventilation duct outside the rack with my left hand, grab the duct inside the rack with my right hand, give a little jump and swing my feet up into the rack, then wiggle my way in the rest of the way. 🙂 21 man center rack outboard top? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334/57 "2012-10-13T04:01:42Z")
It’s not really a roll, as I don’t roll over. But I don’t sit either. I get in from the foot of the bed, and I’m already facing the correct direction. I sorta crawl, I guess. Now, when I sleep with someone, I go from the side of the bed and slide in that way. I guess that might qualify as a roll, as I sometimes do that face-and-belly up, the one way I absolutely cannot sleep. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-get-into-bed/637334.md?page=2)