I sleep with three different pillows.
The one for my head is regular sized, with foam filling, and rather flat because I like to sleep with my arm under there. The one on my left is also foam, but a body pillow. The one on my right is king-sized and filled with down. I like to sleep on my side pressed between the two, and through the night, I’ll alternate between sides, hugging one.
When she comes over, she takes the king-sized one. My head pillow is too flat, and obviously my body pillow is too big.
So I lose my king-sized, and she becomes my replacement pillow.
I sleep with one pillow. It goes on the floor, while my head remains suspended three inches above the mattress due to sheer will power.
That reminds me of the story of an old Tai Chi master (told by one of his students) who would sleep with with his head on his hand instead of a pillow, but it would prop his head up several inches in midair due to the power of his chi.
Sometimes,I keep having the suspicion body pillows kick at night.
It’s probably because you kick first. They’re only kicking back.
Never blame the sacred body pillow!
Just curious, anyone told you that you toss like crazy when you sleep :)
No, I always thought that the amount of tossing and turning I did was normal! My last roommate’s bed was always perfectly neat and clean, except for one fold of the blankets where he would get in and out of bed. I thought it was him who was abnormal.
I like a moderate squishy acrylic filled pillow but when I turn over I hit my husband’s Korean buckwheat-husk pillow and it goes WHUCK. I don’t know how people can be used to such hard things.
I remember seeing an infommercial for a buckwheat pillow. To this day, I still don’t understand the appeal.
Not that this has anything to do with pillows but I was just wondering if you find it difficult to make the transition of sleeping alone to having someone next to you? I’ve spent the last four years sleeping by myself and the last few times I’ve had the pleasure of sharing a space with someone I was told that it was apparent that I am accustomed to sleeping by myself. Not because I was hogging the bed or covers but because I stayed in one specific area the whole time and everytime they got close I would move away.…I didn’t even realize I was doing it. Anyway, this post made me think about it again so I thought I would ask you about it
A long time ago, I read a news article that mentioned a study on how the body adjusts to sleeping with someone. And it said that it takes a few weeks for people to get used to going from both sleeping alone to sleeping with someone and vice versa. I have friends who went through break-ups and reconciliations that have told me the same thing.
So to answer your question, yes, it’s quite normal to have a hard time sleeping with such changes in sleeping environment.
Personally, I seem to be immune to this, although this could be do to the fact that I’m generally up very late when sharing the same bed with someone, and my exhaustion is what is keeping me asleep.
Cute! that was such a polite explanation…