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Title: For those who sleep alone
Post by: V M on January 13, 2010, 02:45:47 AM
Do you have something you snuggle?

I have an Asian style round pillow that I hold against myself
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: deviousxen on January 13, 2010, 02:56:39 AM
Long purple pillow... I don't think my mom thought I'd be using the pillow for it, but its better than the dotted lines being empty.
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: Autumn on January 13, 2010, 02:58:56 AM
I always want a pillow between my knees and ideally one that I can hug to my chest for shoulder support. I have a really bad back though. Unless my sleeping arrangements are perfect, after a while with a partner I'll migrate to a more comfortable position.

However, the few times that my ex and I crashed hard and woke up still entwined were... really nice.
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: V M on January 13, 2010, 03:06:17 PM
I often have trouble getting comfortable also

The pillow tends to help when my GID gets triggered by something
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: deviousxen on January 13, 2010, 03:23:25 PM
Quote from: Virginia Marie on January 13, 2010, 03:06:17 PM
I often have trouble getting comfortable also

The pillow tends to help when my GID gets triggered by something


Yeah... It definitely helps for some odd reason.

I knew I'd get emotional before starting all of this, but the clingyness was such a bloody surprise. ._.

Where'd that come from!?
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: Nicky on January 13, 2010, 03:35:10 PM
I don't sleep alone, but even so my wife likes to hug a pillow. Just finds it comfortable and reasuring. Seems to be more common when I am out though.
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: tekla on January 13, 2010, 03:36:14 PM
Am I the only one seeing that scene in Sex in the City (movie) with Samantha Jones and her dog?
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: Flan on January 13, 2010, 03:36:41 PM
I lesbinate a big pink body pillow  :(
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: deviousxen on January 13, 2010, 06:29:46 PM
Quote from: FlanKitty on January 13, 2010, 03:36:41 PM
I lesbinate a big pink body pillow  :(

lesbinate is such a win word.
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: tekla on January 13, 2010, 06:30:52 PM
Yeah, but doesn't your tongue pick up all that lint?
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: brittanyfear on January 13, 2010, 07:08:43 PM
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Meredith
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: Osiris on January 13, 2010, 07:14:01 PM
I don't really snuggle anything but I have at least 3 pillows when I sleep. One between my legs to avoid back and hip pain in the morning, one under my head and one propped up on that pillow for me to rest my face against and keep it at a good angle. I kinda need my head facing a certain way for me to be able to breathe all through the night. lol
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: Elijah3291 on January 13, 2010, 07:21:24 PM
nope not really.  I do have a childhood stuffed animal though, but I only sometimes sleep with him.  I kinda snuggle my blanket lol
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: Ryuu on January 13, 2010, 08:22:00 PM
Sometimes when I'm feeling lonely, I'll get an extra pillow, or on warmer nights just scrunch up my blankets and snuggle those.
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: Janet_Girl on January 13, 2010, 08:39:44 PM
I have a body pillow.  Which is about 5 feet long.  Snuggles nice and doesn't snore.


Janet
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: Megan on January 13, 2010, 08:43:45 PM
I think of sleeping with a husband when I can't sleep. My fantasy world is almost vivid as my reality, since I can honestly make myself really believe that I have one. Like it was a mental sickness.


Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: Northern Jane on January 14, 2010, 06:58:59 PM
It has nothing to do with sleeping alone but I have at least 2 pillows - one under my head and a 'boobie pillow" to snuggle up with. I call it a boobie pillow because I sleep on my side and the pillow supports whichever breast isn't on the mattress. I  slept that way even when I was married because it is comfortable (part of being a D cup).
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: V M on January 15, 2010, 12:05:34 AM
I actually have about five pillows including a body pillow

I use one or two for head pillows to steady my neck (Got hit by a car years ago)

I just find the little round Asian pillow easiest and most comfortable to snuggle. I hold it between my boobs and against my belly
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: Pica Pica on January 15, 2010, 02:31:35 PM
I have four pillows and two duvets and make a nest rather like a rat - and considering how cold and damp my room is, it's rather an apt simile.
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: EveMarie on January 15, 2010, 04:12:03 PM
A king size pillow, and my three favorite teddy bears, Teddy (56 years old), Brownie, (18 years) and the newbie (Sparky), those are in bed with me, the other 32 are lined up all over the bedroom, I say goodnight and read to them sometimes, and they are there to greet me when I wake up  ::)

I used to have my kitty, but she passed away last October  :'(
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: MyKa on January 15, 2010, 10:03:36 PM
just me and the i-pod touch
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: V M on January 15, 2010, 10:32:58 PM
Quote from: MyKa on January 15, 2010, 10:03:36 PM
just me and the i-pod touch
LOL, I wanna get one of those.....See if I can work it with my nipples  :laugh: >:-) :laugh:
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: MyKa on January 15, 2010, 11:03:35 PM
Quote from: Virginia Marie on January 15, 2010, 10:32:58 PM
LOL, I wanna get one of those.....See if I can work it with my nipples  :laugh: >:-) :laugh:

Lmao, i think that would be interesting!!!!!!
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: Cindy on January 16, 2010, 02:43:05 AM
I have a five foot long cylinder pillow which is really nice to cuddle, it's called Steve, for some reason :laugh:. I have woken up in the middle of the night, legs spread and Steve on top. After he's finished he just goes to sleep and I have to cuddle again. Why on earth I've ended up with a randy pillow Goddess knows. Yes, and he sleeps in the morning. Still waiting for him to bring me brekky in bed.
Damn pillows, sometimes I think they don't respect a girl at all, just want to sleep with us >:-)


Cindy
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: milktea on January 16, 2010, 11:12:34 AM
duffy the cat: 5ft, fat, furry and pinkish.
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: deviousxen on January 16, 2010, 01:22:14 PM
Quote from: milktea on January 16, 2010, 11:12:34 AM
duffy the cat: 5ft, fat, furry and pinkish.

I have a real cat about that size... Only orange... lol
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: insanitylives on January 16, 2010, 04:12:53 PM
My cat sleeps with me most of the time.
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: Janet_Girl on January 16, 2010, 04:20:36 PM
Mikey, my white tabby and Harley Davidson, my black and white tabby sleep with me.  They have one side and I have the other.



Janet
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: Blanche on January 16, 2010, 05:11:28 PM
I don't sleep alone.  I sleep with a furry male.  He's a woman's best friend.
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: K8 on January 28, 2010, 06:32:12 PM
Oops.  The odd one again.  (Darn!)

I like sleeping with nothing to snuggle.  If I'm alone I roam around the bed a lot during the night.  I get cramps if I stay in one position too long.  When I had a partner I had a hard time falling asleep until we were no longer touching.  Must be my Puritan upbringing or something. :P

(Or maybe I'm one of those you are referring to, Virginia.  I'm often the odd one out because of my cluelessness. ::))

- Kate
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: NDelible Gurl on January 28, 2010, 09:56:41 PM
Quote from: CindyJames on January 16, 2010, 02:43:05 AM
I have a five foot long cylinder pillow which is really nice to cuddle, it's called Steve, for some reason :laugh:. I have woken up in the middle of the night, legs spread and Steve on top. After he's finished he just goes to sleep and I have to cuddle again. Why on earth I've ended up with a randy pillow Goddess knows. Yes, and he sleeps in the morning. Still waiting for him to bring me brekky in bed.
Damn pillows, sometimes I think they don't respect a girl at all, just want to sleep with us >:-)


Cindy

:D lol. I used to have one of those types of pillows and mine was randy as heck also! often wondered what kind

of t-shirt would look good on him. I do like a man that looks good in a black t-shirt and jeans :)
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: Janet_Girl on January 28, 2010, 10:19:51 PM
I also had one of those body pillow and he kept trying to push me out of bed.  Just like my ex.
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: Chloe on January 29, 2010, 03:47:40 AM
Quote from: Megan on January 13, 2010, 08:43:45 PM
I think of sleeping with a husband when I can't sleep.
lol I was a husband *status way overrated* and now prefer snuggling with my two stuffed kids instead!  ;D
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: AmySmiles on January 29, 2010, 03:32:56 PM
I'm most similar to Kate I think, only I don't roll around at night.  I often will wake up in the same position I fell asleep in.  When I was dating, my honey and I would sleep together but I couldn't fall asleep while she was wrapped around me cause I would get too hot.  If I need something to hold, it's usually just one of my old beanie babies.  My leopard is so cuuute.  :)
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: Valentina on January 29, 2010, 03:53:10 PM
I sleep alone on most days & I hug a pillow when I do.  When my BF stays with me, I hug him instead :laugh:
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: V M on February 08, 2010, 09:31:49 PM
Thank You everyone for your replies  :)

*Snuggles her pillow*  :icon_chick:
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: MeghanAndrews on February 09, 2010, 01:17:37 AM
I sleep on my couch because I live in the living room of a one bedroom apartment with my roommate. She has the bedroom because the living room is a little bigger. My sleeping companions are, as some of you know from my youtube videos, Theo and Eeyore. Buddy, LBF and his friend sleep above me on the couch. Here's a picture...Theo is hugging Eeyore at the end of the couch and they are sitting on two of my pillows. At night I make my bed with a blanket and with a down comforter as my sheet. I miss having a bed :(


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Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: azSam on February 09, 2010, 01:53:25 AM
Just me and my tears.. kidding ^_^ I cuddle with my kitty, I named him Pixel.
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: peggygee on November 14, 2010, 02:47:40 AM
My cat, and various stuffed animals.
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: Nicky on November 14, 2010, 03:08:25 AM
Well, this is an updated post since my last post in this topic. I sleep alone now. I have a nice big bed, and my little black cat snuggles up, sometimes behind my pillow, sometimes down by my legs.
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: Raven on November 14, 2010, 11:18:02 AM
I'm weird, I have two normal pillows and one small square pillow. I have a habit where I wont sleep on the normal pillows, but instead I'll get right in the middle of my bed and fix my small pillow right below the two other pillows and fold it and just sleep like that. And I also have a habit of sleeping with my phone under one of my normal pillows. I have hard time going to sleep but if I don't have everything as written above I have a harder time going to sleep. I love my small pillow, it's blue with panther patterns on it. And I also can't sleep without my thick comforter and fur blanket. It don't matter how hot it is outside, I have to have them all year round. My ex use to fuss at me over it, he'd tell me that he can't see how I can sleep like that without burning up or anything. And he'll complain that all the blankets would burn him up lol.
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: Shang on November 14, 2010, 12:40:02 PM
Quote from: Virginia Marie on January 13, 2010, 02:45:47 AM
Do you have something you snuggle?

I have an Asian style round pillow that I hold against myself

I lay on my side and hold a pillow close to me.  My dog sleeps between my legs or curled up against my belly (she is currently curled up on my lap) at night and I can't sleep without her sleeping close to me.
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: Darner on November 14, 2010, 06:20:19 PM
Wow, reading this I feel so boring :D On my bed, there is exactly a sheet below me, me and a sheet above. No pillows or any other things. Sometimes my cat is lying between my legs. When I was in a relationship or having a one-night stand, it was horrible for me after sex because the other person always wanted to lie at least close to me if not snoggle and I cannot sleep if someone's touching me. So I basically didn't sleep those times.
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: Shang on November 14, 2010, 06:28:39 PM
Quote from: Darner on November 14, 2010, 06:20:19 PM
Wow, reading this I feel so boring :D On my bed, there is exactly a sheet below me, me and a sheet above. No pillows or any other things. Sometimes my cat is lying between my legs. When I was in a relationship or having a one-night stand, it was horrible for me after sex because the other person always wanted to lie at least close to me if not snoggle and I cannot sleep if someone's touching me. So I basically didn't sleep those times.

I'm the same way. XD If I ever get into a serious relationship, we'll have to invest into two king or queen beds and push them together because I can't sleep next to someone, but it's because of the body heat and because I like to stretch out in my sleep (I take up a queen all by myself).
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: Michael Joseph on November 14, 2010, 06:36:21 PM
Ya i like to sleep alone and i really dont like to snuggle with anything, its not boring,  its just the way you're comfortable.
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: V M on November 14, 2010, 07:57:27 PM
I recently acquired a "Sock Monkey"... So I snuggle it along with my round Asian pillow
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: aubrey on November 14, 2010, 11:37:21 PM
I used to constantly need to snuggle up to my body pillow when feeling super dysphoric or depressed but now I just always have it beside me so I feel like someone is there...and the kitties have their usual spots nearby.
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: Pundit on November 15, 2010, 12:35:11 AM
Yes, my baby blankie.

Don't laugh. =P
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: JohnR on November 15, 2010, 04:41:08 PM
Nothing I don't like being restricted or touched when I'm sleeping.
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: Shang on November 15, 2010, 07:17:47 PM
Quote from: Seven on November 15, 2010, 06:48:10 PM
I'd need my own bed too, but also my own bedroom. I like to have somewhere private to retire to, and sleep to me is a pretty private thing. The presence of another person would put me off, no matter how much I loved him/her.

There's also my insomnia, which has me only just going to bed at what most people consider unholy hours, and dealing with my pre-sleep routine (making sure my hormones, inhaler, phone, a drink and whichever book I'm currently reading are all nearby) is pretty noisy, and since I take my hormones at specific times regardless of when I finally managed to sleep, my phone alarm often has to wake me up, which would also wake up a room/bedmate.

That and I move around a lot (which annoys even my cat, he'll often stalk off to sulk on the windowsill till I've settled down before coming back to poke my face with his nose to see if I react before curling up on my arm) and I breathe pretty loudly (asthma). And end up in weird, awkward positions with the blanket and dakimakura.

So it'd be a pain to share a room with me, let alone a bed, and I'm much happier having my own of both anyway.

Those are good reasons to sleep alone.  I'd handle that--but mostly because I also go to bed at random times and I move around a lot (my dog also gets annoyed by it--she huffs whenever I roll around).   I can be a pretty heavy sleeper and I talk a lot in my sleep, so I doubt anyone would want to share a room with me let alone a bed.   
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: Aidan_ on November 21, 2010, 01:19:36 PM
4-5 Pillows, Sister. Yeah, There's probably more mass in pillows on the bed than my body takes up @_@

S'only because I have a hip injury so I needs lots of padding...I guess I'll be inconvenient if I ever find a partner to be with >_>
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: jmaxley on November 22, 2010, 11:56:28 PM
I don't sleep alone.  My cat sleeps on my stomach.  It's her favorite sleeping spot.  Half the time when I wake up in the morning, she's right there.
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: Victoria L. on November 23, 2010, 12:21:04 PM
I have a total of six pillows on my bed.

I have two pillows and a body pillow with another body pillow on top of it. I'm always stopped up so I can't sleep flat. And then I have two pillows to "cuddle" with.
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: Al James on November 25, 2010, 07:26:59 PM
On the shifts where our sleep patterns don't merge I  always end up hugging my wife's pillow. Now its got to the stage tho where if i dont have something behind me and in front i cant sleep. Luckily its so cold at the minute that the cat has taken to snuggling in behind me- once he's stopped licking me and poddling
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: Cindy on November 26, 2010, 02:28:57 AM
Quote Al James
   and poddling

Should I dare ask? What a man and a pussy get up to in bed should after all be kept in the bedroom.
>:-) :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Cindy
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: Al James on November 28, 2010, 04:17:49 PM
Lol. i meant that funny thing cats do where they seem to think its ok to stick their claws in you while they knead you like a piece of dough. it has to be ok cos theyre purring at you while they do it
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: MillieB on November 28, 2010, 04:32:20 PM
I had to stay with a friend when stuff was being done to my house and she used to put 3 stuffed Moose's in my bed (toy ones, not actual stuffed animals you understand!) I got into the habit of cuddling up to one of them. I kind of miss it and would attempt to steal him if I wasn't sure that she'd kick my ass all over the place!! :laugh:
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: rexgsd on November 28, 2010, 05:20:12 PM
Well my mate lives 6 states over =( but i cuddle a husky plushie cause it's like the plushie version of him that i can hug and cuddle when i sleep or feel sad ^ ^
(we're furries, and he's a husky, thats why it reminds me of him, heh)
Title: Re: For those who sleep alone
Post by: Lacey Lynne on December 03, 2010, 10:31:48 PM
Well, from another thread asking what we slept in, I answered nothing at all, of course.  I cuddle with ...  (Worth watching the whole vid):

Imaginary Lover - Atlanta Rhythm Section (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHimj-crMrA#)
The imagination is just as vid now as when I was in my teens and twenties, and I want this just as much now as I did then, heck more so, truth be told.   

:-\   Lacey