Which side of the bed

“Do you still sleep on your side of the bed?” That's a question that Harry Burns asks Sally Albright, in When Harry Met Sally. Harry (Billy Crystal) and Sally (Meg Ryan) meet again after another five years have passed since they last saw each other when they were both involved with other partners. They meet again and their past relationships have since dissolved. “Do you still sleep on your side of the bed?” asks Harry.

It is almost a year since I broke up with J. I still sleep on my side of the bed, the left side. Part of my reason for that is practical. The way my bed is positioned in my room it is natural that I would get in on the left side. Munchkin the cat often sleeps at the foot of my bed, on the right side. I don't know why he likes that side; perhaps because it is close to the window and therefore warmer. Or maybe he just likes the view better. Sometimes when I start to roll over towards the middle and stretch out my legs I end up kicking him.

It's colder on the right side of the bed. When I climb into my bed on the left side and warm it up, I don't usually roll over to the right side, especially this time of year, because that side is cold.

Perhaps another reason I stay on one side of my queen size bed is that I don't want to get used to sleeping on the entire bed and then have to get used to sleeping on only one side when I meet my next partner. I figure it's better to stay used to sleeping on one side only.