Sleeping Positions and What They Say About Your Relationship

When you share the bed with a sexy sleepover buddy or your live-in partner, what position(s) do you two find yourselves in?

I recently found this fun round up of common sleeping positions and I’m beyond fascinated. I usually describe the way Chris and I sleep as “butt to butt” but apparently there’s a much more sophisticated term for it: Zen style. Here’s what the site Sheet U Deep (yep, that’s really the name) believes our sleeping position says about our relationship:

“With the passage of time in a marriage, as the couple’s closeness becomes fully established and less exploratory, a renewed sense of each partner’s individuality is likely to arise. For some couples, it would translate into a need for space and therefore, a larger bed. Other couples find a compromise in the above position: Touching buttocks allows for large-surface contact and private connection, but without clinging. Like two circles, separate but overlapping, this position is a perfect definition of interdependence. It’s a good position to adopt when your kids have got the better of the couple with their constant clinging, and they need a sense of their own space.”

Um, kids? Kids?! Not yet, thanks. Also, we have a full bed that I’m pretty happy with. But I do think this description is pretty spot on for us.

What position do you and your partner sleep in? Are you two big fans of spooning? Or maybe you sleep with your limbs all tangled together? If your position is listed on the Sheet U Deep site, does the description seem pretty accurate to you?

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