Did you know that, as part of the U.S. Immigration process for a marriage-based green card, there is an interview process where a USCIS official asks you and your spouse which side of the bed each of you sleeps on?
I bring this up because if Twitter user Steve O’Rourke had ever been in that scenario, he may well have failed that test. The journalist recently put up a tweet revealing that he and his wife didn’t have set sides of the bed, and it had a LOT of people talking.
We were just chatting in work and apparently it’s weird that Amy and I don’t sleep on the same side of the bed every night. Some nights I like to sleep by the window, some nights the door. It’s not really that unusual, is it?
— EndDirectProvisionSteveORourke (@steveohrourke) March 22, 2019
He got so many responses, that he had to post a follow-up for clarification, revealing that there were apparently some rules to this chaos.
Feel like I need to point out the following:
1. First one in chooses
2. We’ve never disagreed over it
3. We move pillows and books as we move
4. We don’t change every single night
5. Neither of us are aliens— EndDirectProvisionSteveORourke (@steveohrourke) March 24, 2019
Naturally, people had some feelings about it.
I know what all these words mean but cannot make sense of how you have put them together
— John Maguire (@JMaguireCritic) March 22, 2019
In fact, people had a LOT of feelings about it.
How have you found someone else to share a bed with who is also happy with these shenanigans?? The only reason I’m still with my husband is because I fear a future partner might want my side of the bed.
— Twinks (@tinytwink) March 23, 2019
But, it turns out this may not be AS uncommon as we thought…
Hello!! My husband and I do this too!! Don’t let the haters bring you down. After sleeping on one side of the bed for a bunch of nights in a row, the first night on the other side feels so good and you get the best sleep. ?
— Jennifer Ma (@jlcockre) March 24, 2019
I think it’s weird but we do it too! Our bed has a wall side so we change based upon who needs to wake up earliest
— Neena (@neena_weenat) March 24, 2019
Then, Steve offered this as a parting shot.
Off to bed now. Different side to last night, not to make a point, but just because I wanted to. Honestly, try it, and I promise the world won’t end.
— EndDirectProvisionSteveORourke (@steveohrourke) March 22, 2019
So, what side of the bed do YOU prefer to sleep on?
Or do you live lawlessly like ol’ Steve…