# What side of the bed do you sleep on? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 16, 2001, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-side-of-the-bed-do-you-sleep-on/82007 "2001-09-16T19:52:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cyndar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cyndar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyndar)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-side-of-the-bed-do-you-sleep-on/82007/41 "2001-09-18T05:31:21Z")
I usually am in the middle of the bed, but sometimes I lay diagonally across the bed, with my head in the upper left hand corner and my feet at the lower right. ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-side-of-the-bed-do-you-sleep-on/82007/42 "2001-09-18T06:03:39Z")
Facing the bed, I sleep on the left hand side. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-side-of-the-bed-do-you-sleep-on/82007/43 "2001-09-18T08:09:54Z")
starboard ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-side-of-the-bed-do-you-sleep-on/82007/44 "2001-09-18T08:22:09Z")
Weekdays, my wife sleeps left and I sleep right (closest to the door) - weekends the other way around. Don’t ask. ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-side-of-the-bed-do-you-sleep-on/82007/45 "2001-09-18T09:35:03Z")
I sleep on the left side, unless it’s Friday or Saturday night, in which case I sleep on the right - I sleep alone during the week because I work nights, on the weekends I get to sleep with my wife. ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-side-of-the-bed-do-you-sleep-on/82007/46 "2001-09-18T11:29:20Z")
I sleep on the right when my husband is home. However, when he is out to sea, I sleep on the left. Apparently I am am_bed_extrious. . . . . . . Sorry, I couldn’t resist. Actually, the deal is that Kevin has the alarm clock on his side of the bed because he gets up first. When he’s gone, I sleep on the alarm-clock-side. Jess ---
**Author:** ![Anniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@Anniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniz)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-side-of-the-bed-do-you-sleep-on/82007/47 "2001-09-18T20:37:06Z")
I sleep on the left side, but that’s because it’s the side to the wall, like to sleep to it. And then I apperently take to much space in bed, says **Montfort**. So, a new and bigger bed is needed. ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-side-of-the-bed-do-you-sleep-on/82007/48 "2001-09-18T20:43:54Z")
On the left, but I’d prefer to sleep on the right. I like to sleep on my left side and sprawl out and hubby likes to snuggle. Sooooo, that means I end up with him breathing in my face and me not being able to stretch out. I find myself pushing over to the very far left edge, usually dislodging a cat or two, just to get room to sprawl. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-side-of-the-bed-do-you-sleep-on/82007/49 "2001-09-18T20:58:48Z")
I don’t care, but my husband insists on sleeping on whichever side is furthest from the door. He says it’s so the monsters won’t get him first. What a sweetie. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-side-of-the-bed-do-you-sleep-on/82007/50 "2001-09-18T22:04:24Z")
The right. New Boyfriend hasn’t declared a preference. I don’t think I’ll let him. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-side-of-the-bed-do-you-sleep-on/82007/51 "2001-09-18T22:16:03Z")
Whatever side is farthest from the door/window. Which here is the left side facing the bed. But here, there’s a door at the foot of the bed that leads up to the Spooky Attic (the house is about 230 yrs old), and there’s a window… but still, I’m furthest from the door. ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-side-of-the-bed-do-you-sleep-on/82007/52 "2001-09-19T01:27:04Z")
I sleep on the right, my girlfriend on the left. We can’t sleep well if it’s reversed. If she’s out of town (or I am), I sleep smack dab in the middle of the bed, and rotate to either side. I think it’s more that she needs to be on that side of me, not that I have to be on one side of the bed. Jman ---
**Author:** ![jaimest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@jaimest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaimest)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-side-of-the-bed-do-you-sleep-on/82007/53 "2001-09-19T02:07:46Z")
I sleep on the right side, with my feet sprawled out to the left and center, so I have sort of banished my significant other to the very corner of the left of the bed. That’s the neat thing about mail order inflatable women; they make so little fuss over bedroom arrangements. ---
**Author:** ![Rock\_Lobster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4491bb/32.png) [@Rock\_Lobster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rock_Lobster)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-side-of-the-bed-do-you-sleep-on/82007/54 "2001-09-19T03:00:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sailor \* > \*\*starboard \*\* Heh… Larbord, cuz my hubby is a southpaw-cakchanded-leftie. and it’s closer to the nightstand where I have to put my glasses. Kim ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-side-of-the-bed-do-you-sleep-on/82007/55 "2001-09-19T04:06:56Z")
Through my relationships, I have slept on both sides of the bed. Usually on the opposite side of the wet spot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-side-of-the-bed-do-you-sleep-on/82007.md?page=2)