Lay Lady Lay
Thursday, January 29th, 2009Dear Frannie,
I used to watch the Dick Van Dyke Show and always noticed that the husband and wife slept in the same room, but in separate twin beds. My own parents shared a king size bed in our house, so I thought this was normal. My wife and I share the same bed for one of only three reasons: to watch a movie, to read, or to have sex. We don’t ever sleep together.
Here’s my question: Is the fact that my wife prefers to sleep in the guest room rather than with me common? Who had it right, Rob and Laura or my parents?
Sleeps like a rock in Manchester
Dear Sleeps,
Any marital sleeping arrangement that doesn’t result in suffocation, stabbing, bludgeoning, bone fractures, adultery or decapitation is a healthy one. Since you were alive and well enough to contact me with no typographical errors - which are often a red flag for blunt force trauma to the brain - I’d say leave well enough alone.
Sleep tight, Frannie





