# Where do you prefer to sleep? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 14, 2009, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-prefer-to-sleep/513731 "2009-10-14T01:16:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-prefer-to-sleep/513731/1 "2009-10-14T01:16:07Z")
Personally I prefer a cool room with thick, heavy blankets. Ideally not alone. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-prefer-to-sleep/513731/2 "2009-10-14T01:17:11Z")
:eek: Really??? ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-prefer-to-sleep/513731/3 "2009-10-14T01:40:14Z")
I like a warm room with thick heavy blankets. I canā€™t get to sleep unless I have a quilt/comforter and itā€™s over 70 degrees or so. The only big downside is that I wake up dehydrated from the sweating a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-prefer-to-sleep/513731/4 "2009-10-14T02:02:48Z")
Itā€™s only been in the past 3-4 years that Iā€™ve ever been able to sleep with nothing but a sheet (or nothing at all) covering me. I definitely like the pressure of at least a light blanket on me, preferably a relatively heavy one. Of course, I can be utterly bundled upā€¦ and have my feet sticking out from under the covers. They seem to function as a bit of a thermostat. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-prefer-to-sleep/513731/5 "2009-10-14T02:03:29Z")
I like either REALLY cold rooms w/ really warm blankets. OR Cold rooms with light blankets. ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-prefer-to-sleep/513731/6 "2009-10-14T03:28:03Z")
The ā€œroommate questionnaireā€ that my college sent out had two questions: What time do you like to go to bed? Do you prefer a cool room or a warm room? They used those two questions to match roommates and were remarkable effective. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-prefer-to-sleep/513731/7 "2009-10-14T03:31:39Z")
> [@Ro0sh](#): > > I like either REALLY cold rooms w/ really warm blankets. > > OR Cold rooms with light blankets. This is mine as well. I said cold room/heavy blanket, but if it is just a little cool I often get down to a sheet with a leg sticking out. Nowadays I almost always sleep with a fan blowing in my general direction, unless tempertures are truly frigid. Due to issues with my current window configuration ( very tall, swinging, push-out style ) which prevents an easily workable screen option that would exclude bugs and confine cats, I no longer sleep with an open window. But historically Iā€™ve always preferred my head near one - Iā€™d sleep outside if I wasnā€™t so found of soft, queen-size beds. ---
**Author:** ![gladtobeblazed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@gladtobeblazed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gladtobeblazed)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-prefer-to-sleep/513731/8 "2009-10-14T03:47:55Z")
Cool room (62Ā°F or less). Medium thickness blanket. Cold outside air blowing over my face. If my hair is too short Iā€™ll wear a beanie. I sleep better when Iā€™m breathing in cold air. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-prefer-to-sleep/513731/9 "2009-10-14T13:15:06Z")
Cool room, sheet and thin blanket. (also: naked, and next to my equally naked wife.) ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-prefer-to-sleep/513731/10 "2009-10-14T13:20:20Z")
Cool but not cold room, with a lovely heavy duvet on top. I quite like sticking my feet out as thermostats too! ---
**Author:** ![Rala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@Rala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rala)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-prefer-to-sleep/513731/11 "2009-10-14T14:50:09Z")
Cool room with thick, heavy blankets. I _love_ blankets, not for the warmth but for the weight of them. Iā€™d sleep with a quilt and two big blankets every night if I could. Unfortunately, nights can get pretty warm where I live, and Iā€™ll end up kicking them off. When I got my air-conditioner I spent a few nights with it going full blast and blankets on the bed - it was great. But itā€™s a huge waste of electricity, so I had to stop. _sigh_ At least Iā€™ll always have winter. ---
**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 14, 2009, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-prefer-to-sleep/513731/12 "2009-10-14T15:27:20Z")
i love winter ā€¦ crack the window open a couple inches and have a huge fluffy comforter. I like to see my breath! Poor mrAru is a california desert rat, he is perpetually freezing and to him snow is something you drive to for an afternoon of skiing. [I loved visiting Bavaria a few years ago, I got to sleep with a window open and nobody whineing at me about being cold :D] ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-prefer-to-sleep/513731/13 "2009-10-14T15:32:13Z")
Thatā€™s a difficult one to answer because it depends on the time of year. And the room isnā€™ necesarily ā€˜coolā€™ or ā€˜warmā€™ itā€™s somewhere in between. I have a very narrow tollerance (while in bed) for temperature. I will sometimes sleep with the blanket, but not over me. And then Iā€™ll put it over me if the temperature drops by a degree or two. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2009, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-prefer-to-sleep/513731/14 "2009-10-14T15:45:32Z")
I love the cold and Iā€™ll sleep with the a/c on year round. I have a sheet and heavy comforter but I must sleep with my feet out. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-prefer-to-sleep/513731/15 "2009-10-14T15:51:16Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > I love the cold and Iā€™ll sleep with the a/c on year round. I have a sheet and heavy comforter but I must sleep with my feet out. Iā€™m a 30 year old bulky male over 6 foot whoā€™s also a scaredy little girly girl at night. In other words, if my feet are sticking out Iā€™m scared the nasty monster will grab them and take me somewhere unpleasant. ---
**Author:** ![Neptunian\_Slug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce7236/32.png) [@Neptunian\_Slug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neptunian_Slug)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-prefer-to-sleep/513731/16 "2009-10-14T17:09:18Z")
Cool room with a thin blanket. In winter, I have an electric mattress pad on low just to warm the sheets before I hop in. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-prefer-to-sleep/513731/17 "2009-10-14T17:15:53Z")
As a person that hurts all over below 75F I prefer a warm room. I used to like a room at about 50F, but that isnā€™t happening any longer. I gave up camping because of this problem. ---
**Author:** ![Gustav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@Gustav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gustav)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-prefer-to-sleep/513731/18 "2009-10-14T17:25:28Z")
Warm room, because itā€™s easier to get up in the morning. I donā€™t care about the actual sleeping part, Iā€™ll be asleep anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-prefer-to-sleep/513731/19 "2009-10-14T17:41:03Z")
Cool room. Heavy blankets. Pitch dark. My wife has joked that sheā€™s going to buy me one of those lead aprons you wear at the dentistā€™s when they take your x-rays to sleep under. That sounds good to me. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-prefer-to-sleep/513731/20 "2009-10-14T19:51:30Z")
In the hot summer I CAN sleep in the air conditioned (set to ā€˜11ā€™) bedroom, or I can doze off on my comfy couch, fan blowing cooler air in the window and my oscillating fan a few feet away. I have a very light fringed blankie made out of a gorgeous jacquard material to sleep under because I donā€™t like a fan blowing directly on me when Iā€™m trying to fall asleep. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-prefer-to-sleep/513731.md?page=2)