Over the weekend, friends and I were discussing a recent revelation on social media:
There are couples in this world who do sleep on the same side of the bed every night.
When someone on Twitter revealed this last week – obviously a monster – Twitter went crazy. People couldn’t imagine choosing random sides of the bed each night.
Some of their responses included:
“I know what all these words mean but can’t make sense out of how you put them together.”
“I just want to add my voice here by saying yes, this is weird, but I’m happy you weirdos found each other.”
“So you have to keep moving your pillows back and forth? Exhausting.”
“I plan on marching on London to end this nonsense.”
“I thought I was a tolerant and progressive sort. But you have found my limit. A stone throwing mob needs to run you and Amy far beyond the city walls before you spread this contagion.”
But for every thousand or so people who declared their allegiance to their side of the bed, there was the occasional person saying, “Yes, my husband and I also don’t have predetermined sides of the bed.”
The world is apparently filled with monsters.
While discussing this insanity, one of my friends said, “What about all the stuff you keep on your side of the bed? Doesn’t that alone force you to choose sides.”
“I don’t have anything on my side of the bed,” I said.
“Nothing?” she said.
“Nope.”
“You don’t have a single thing on your side of the bed?” another friend said. “A book? A glass of water? A phone charger?”
“Nothing,” I repeated.
“Not one single thing? C’mon.”
“It’s true,” Elysha confirmed. “He has nothing on his side of the bed. It’s weird.”
My friend concurred. They concurred far too vehemently for me.
Suddenly I understood how Steve O’Rourke must’ve felt.
For the record, it’s not weird. What the hell do I need on my side of the bed? I climb into bed every night – on my predetermined side – and fall asleep almost immediately. Then sometime between 4:00 and 5:00 AM, I awaken, often without an alarm, and I immediately climb out of bed.
What could I possibly need while I’m in bed?
I know. I probably sound like Steve O’Rourke now, except I bet that lots of people don’t keep anything on the side of their bed.
Right?
