When two people lie down and sleep in the same bed, they express a profound closeness. Choosing to share a bed is a ritual of coupling that symbolizes togetherness. Nothing is as intimate as pillow talk, the conversations we have in bed while lying beside each other. A double bed with a single blanket for both partners makes it easy to sleep side by side. In bed, a couple’s struggle to find the right mix of distance and closeness takes a practical form. No matter what the outcome, their bodies speak a clear language. In her book The Secret Language of Sleep, Evany Thomas identifies no fewer than thirty-nine possible sleep positions, from the classic Spoon to the Tandem Cyclists to Excalibur, in which the partners are almost inextricably entwined. Other options include the Zipper, in which the couple lie back to back, with their offset lower bodies touching, and the extreme Bread and Spread, in which one partner lies directly on top of the other (who somehow manages to avoid being crushed or suffocated).
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