Living it up Cleaver Style
For the first time since we moved in together, someone in my relationship is sleeping on the couch.
It all started night before last when I just could not stay asleep. I kept waking up, in mid-dream, half-lucid... and Boyfriend was in snores. Now, this usually isn't such a big deal, just roll him over and all is well. But it didn't work. My theory is that Boyfriend might have a little bug, because he's been kinda congested. Anyhow, when the rollover didn't work, I went out to the couch and set up shop.
Last night, in a pre-emptive strike, Boyfriend announced that he would be sleeping on the couch because I "need a good night's sleep." With that commandment issued, he laid in bed, petting me till I fell asleep and then went out to the couch. I went out in the middle of the night and kissed his forehead and told him I missed him. But I didn't wake him up and bring him back to bed. I really did need some sleep.
I don't like this at all. Boyfriend must decongest, or get some of those strips, or I need to invest in a good set of ear plugs. I really, really hate not having him to cuddle up with at night =(
The whole episode reminded me of this theory my Ex had about sleeping on the couch. He out and out refused to do it. If we had a big fight, and I demanded he go to the couch because I could not stand his presence, he would tell me to fuck off, that it was his bed, and he wasn't going to leave it. Resultantly, even if I was totally in the right (which I always was), I was the one who ended up in the doghouse. That is one of the few life-strategies of the Ex's that I ever really respected.
It all started night before last when I just could not stay asleep. I kept waking up, in mid-dream, half-lucid... and Boyfriend was in snores. Now, this usually isn't such a big deal, just roll him over and all is well. But it didn't work. My theory is that Boyfriend might have a little bug, because he's been kinda congested. Anyhow, when the rollover didn't work, I went out to the couch and set up shop.
Last night, in a pre-emptive strike, Boyfriend announced that he would be sleeping on the couch because I "need a good night's sleep." With that commandment issued, he laid in bed, petting me till I fell asleep and then went out to the couch. I went out in the middle of the night and kissed his forehead and told him I missed him. But I didn't wake him up and bring him back to bed. I really did need some sleep.
I don't like this at all. Boyfriend must decongest, or get some of those strips, or I need to invest in a good set of ear plugs. I really, really hate not having him to cuddle up with at night =(
The whole episode reminded me of this theory my Ex had about sleeping on the couch. He out and out refused to do it. If we had a big fight, and I demanded he go to the couch because I could not stand his presence, he would tell me to fuck off, that it was his bed, and he wasn't going to leave it. Resultantly, even if I was totally in the right (which I always was), I was the one who ended up in the doghouse. That is one of the few life-strategies of the Ex's that I ever really respected.
posted by Lex Fori at
8:35 AM
4 Comments:
Thats so sweet love, when you came out to the couch was I snoring? I only ask because I woke myself up a couple of times because I was snoring so loud.:)
-BF
By
Anonymous, at 2:52 PM
Yeah, you were....
But it was a cute snore
;)
By
Lex Fori, at 2:55 PM
Yes, I snore! Rather loudly too! However, CECA will gently wake me, I apologize (sometimes I don't even remember) rollover and continue sleeping.
She doens't mind the snoring in bed. What bugs her is when we are in the living room watching TV and I fall asleep and start snoring! When she can't hear the TV due to my snoring, then she yells at me to wake up.
I have been known to fall asleep anywhere and everywhere! At the movies, in class, the opera. Watching Son's school play (the X hated me for that) Sleeping while driving is the worst! I never stay asleep long while driving! Basic fear and adrenaline kick in and I become totally alert after one of those episodes!
CECA loves me anyway. Her point is that she would rather hear the snoring and know that I am there, than to not hear the snoring and know that I am not there!
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Crazy East Coast Uncle, at 4:00 AM
My parents kicked off the pre-college tours by taking me (and dragging my little brothers along) to their alma mater. Once there, we all endured a very boring lecture session by one of the biology professors (at the time, I was planning on pre-med with a music minor). To the great mortification of my mother, my brother TheGoodOne fell asleep mid-lecture and caught everyone's attention when he began to snore.
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SouthernCanadian, at 6:39 AM
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