Does the way we sleep reveal the true nature of our relationships, wonders Tim Dowling, while writers and celebrities reveal their bedroom secrets
• In pictures: which position do you sleep in?
It's one of the first things to go in the war of attrition between romance and pragmatism – the idea of spending all night nose to nose, tightly entwined in a lover's embrace. The arrangement represents a commitment to passion that simply cannot be maintained for more than a few days before someone says, "I love you and everything, baby, but I really need some sleep."
According to Evany Thomas, author of The Secret Language Of Sleep, there are 39 distinct sleeping positions, ranging from common or garden Spoons to the more exotic Stairway. It's tempting to interpret these as manifestations of the nature of the relationship of the couple – it's hard to look at the Springloader, say, without thinking that...
• In pictures: which position do you sleep in?
It's one of the first things to go in the war of attrition between romance and pragmatism – the idea of spending all night nose to nose, tightly entwined in a lover's embrace. The arrangement represents a commitment to passion that simply cannot be maintained for more than a few days before someone says, "I love you and everything, baby, but I really need some sleep."
According to Evany Thomas, author of The Secret Language Of Sleep, there are 39 distinct sleeping positions, ranging from common or garden Spoons to the more exotic Stairway. It's tempting to interpret these as manifestations of the nature of the relationship of the couple – it's hard to look at the Springloader, say, without thinking that...
- 1/23/2010
- by Simon Callow, Charlie Brooker, Jon Ronson, Lucy Mangan, Michele Hanson, Sam Wollaston, Tanya Gold, Zoe Williams, Sharon Horgan
- The Guardian - Film News
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