When Leo suggested a spontaneous trip to San Francisco this past weekend, I knew the sleeping arrangements would be tight. There were a lot of friends (Leroy & girlfriend, Paxton, Veronica, Collin, Kevin) staying in the two bedroom apartment. Too many bodies, not enough beds.
On Saturday night, after returning back from that house party, Leo took a girl into the bedroom and I passed out on the large, fluffy couch in the living room. And man, it was good.
Of course, when Veronica came crashing through the doors with Paxton hours later... she "calmly" stirred me from my slumber to remind me that she had, in fact, called "dibs" on the couch earlier that night.
I grumbled, grabbed a thin blanket from the closet and retreated to another room of the house where a tiny love seat was waiting for me. No one could have slept there but me (ahhhh, being 5'3"), but it was still a slightly uncomfortable squeeze.
I laid awake for a few moments, trying to figure out the best way to angle the blanket so it'd cover my entire body and my thoughts turned to the politics of people accommodating couples in these situations.
Think about it. Couples always get away with that shit. They always get the best spots during away games.
9 out of 10 times, the hosts save the prime spots for the couple (or you can guilt them into it). They feel obligated to let the couple sleep together:
"Oh well, So@24 and Lynn can get the bedroom." And then everyone else has to fend for themselves, trying to decide which piece of floor is best to pass out on. Which drunken friend is not going to try and spoon you while your face is smashed up against the leg of a coffee table at 3 in the morning?
Ahhh I miss those days.
When you're single, your ass gets demoted. If it's a full house, your ass isn't getting the bedroom or even prime couch that can easily fit two.
Just an observation.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
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I usually get forced to share a blow up mattress with my sister. Seriously. It happened last weekend...again!
Dick.
Being short does have its advantages. I'm 5'7" with fairly long legs, so I'm fairly picky about where I get squashed.
I was once relegated to the icy tiled floor sans everything but a small cushion. My 'chivalrous' male friends & everyone else made it onto the beds/couches before I did, damn them. Didn't get any sleep.
I assume the weekend was worth it though?
how funny. i just watched an episode of Sex and the City about how society seems to think less of the single man or single woman than they do of couples.
oh, society.
so true! and it continues as you get older - people get married and then they automatically assume they get priority. on a ski trip this year, there were enough beds for everybody but the marrieds felt they had to right to claim (without even running it by the rest) the private rooms while the other 2 couples had to share rooms with some of the singles. i have nothing against sharing a room with anyone, but i just wish it wasn't assumed that because they were married they automatically had first dibs on beds.
(btw - been a lurker for a bit - hi!)
I find that weird, too. Like they don't snuggle every other night, you know? There should be some better system.
Though I've found if you make yourself a part of a temporary couple, sometimes you can get an upgrade. Extra motivation for you. ;)
Sorry, this is more than an just an observation. I demand a sweet sleep when I'm crashing at someone's house for a mini-vaca.
One of the few benefits of coupledom.
This is SO true. A couple (who I absolutely adore) came to visit me a few years ago-- all I had at the time was a full-sized bed in the bedroom and a teeny tiny loveseat in the living room. I asked if they could bring their air mattress (for me to use), but they ended up running out of room in their luggage and leaving it at home. Well of course they couldn't share the loveseat! So they got the bed and I was stuck with no sleep for the next four days...
Am I the only person who's a bitch and tells people to bring their own bed if they want to sleep together because I'm not giving up my bed? Of course in my house it's sleep where you fall... I love my house.
i think your observations are correct. granted i can sleep anywhere so i don't usually mind either way.
every memorial day it's the same thing: mama and daddy JS in their bedroom, aunt&uncle with baby cousins in bro's room, aunt in my room, and a giant pile of cousins and single old people flopped around the first floor
Called dibs? What is this 1997?
Tell Veronica to go get Archie and go to the Malt Shoppe and leave the couch to other people.
Seriously, you are so right. But if you're single, being the only girl in a group of guys also helps.
Wow, I guess you're doubly screwed.
i sometimes snore when i sleep. so i am always kicked into a lame place to sleep. LOL
AMEN. Being single for eternity, I've always had to put up with the shitty places to sleep. Now that I'm part of a couple, it's payback time.
This is just another reason why you should have brought a girl home. :)
This is so true. I never thought about it before, but you're right! WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN? I mean, I'm willing to give up the bed because I'm a chivalrous person who genuinely doesn't give a shit where I pass out drunk, but this is kind of unfair, now that you mention it!
On a semi-related note: totally jealous of your impromptu SF weekend!
just snore really loudly and they'll wan to isolate you in your own room :p
I had to sleep on the floor once. Under a pool table. At my aunt's house. WITH my boyfriend at the time.
Everyone else had kids. Kids trump couples, every time.
Then we got a nice, quiet, cushy hotel room to ourselves! :)
You are right, that's exactly what happens! Or they try to get you to sleep in the same bed as the other single person..which can be good or bad!
Soooo TRUE.
That's totally true! And the funny thing is when my boy and I offer the prime spot to someone else (because why should we get it all the time?), people start to think that we're fighting or something. Because apparently, when you're dating, you can't sleep separately. Weird...
I remember being part of a couple. We always got a bed, and any singles got the couch, or floor. It is logical, on some level, but a few months ago at an aunt's house, I was told that because both my mother and I are single that we should share a full sized bed. She smokes, snores, grinds her teeth and kicks. I made a fuss and was given the couch. Thankfully...I remembered the secret sleeping weapon-earplugs. I thought I was being a crank for complaining. I'm not alone!
HERE! HERE! Sooo not fair.
I just got told that for my 4th of July weekend when I thought I was going to be in a cozy bed all by myself...yeah
Now I'll be on the floor...in a room with a couple. Ugh.
How did this happen?? Effin' being single
you are ABSOLUTELY right.
(and i'm short too! i love it!)
yesss 5'3" club!
Ohhh I am SO looking forward to the journey ahead of me :)
What?! You let them have the couch?! Pft, screw that. You were sleeping, you should have told her to shove it. You can't "call dibs" on a couch. Couples only get away with this stuff if the single people (you, in this case) let them.
I guess I'm just a snob or something, but I won't go anywhere if I don't have a bed there. If I have to rent a room someplace, so be it. If I have to cab back home after a long night of drinking, so be it.
I do agree with your statement though. Couples do get special treatment, but I think that's more out of regard for everything else. If I had people over my place, I would give the couples a bed because I don't want them screwing on my sofa. (Okay, I don't anybody screwing at my place, but I'd prefer it on a bed with sheets I can throw away the next day than on my sofa, where I sit and eat snacks while watching TV.)
yea it freaking blows-- and so does calling dibs on a sleeping place before you go out. lame!
So true! Couples do get first priority. Particularly in wedding invitations. When I was single, I never got a plus one invite.
At 6'5", if I don't get on a bed, I'm usually on the floor. I can't even fit comfortably on most sofas.
As a dude that's been part of a couple for about, uh forever, I can say its much appreciated. So a hearty big THANKS to all you singles for being such great sports! *crickets, death stares*
Oh, forgot the audience for a bit. Leaving now....
interesting. I never really thought much about it, but now that you mention it... I do recall a few house parties where I slept blanketless on the wood floor while a couple had the bed - in MY apt!
ps-friends dont usually try to cuddle if you sleep in the closet or in the bathtub. just saying. ;)
Unfair but a generally true fact of life. People should get spots by random lottery, that way, couples preference can be eliminated.
love this observant post. I too have been a part of a couple for most of my young adult life and never realized how great I had it, that is until i stumbled on your blog today. I love your estute observations. I will be coming back often!
Um, try sleeping on a papasan chair. That's all I'm saying. Worst night ever!
you know, i've never noticed that, but then again, i'm usually the last man standing, so i just assume it's my bad luck. which is fine by me since i can sleep anywhere.
What the hell. You were already crashed on the couch.
Shoulda told that bitch to shove off or suck it.
And she could MAYBE share the couch if she was good at suckin it.
Amen to that!
What makes me mad about couples is why do people think when they are invited places it automatically means so is their significant other. Um no! Then you end up having to be the third wheel and feel uncomfortable.
Stupid couples
Every year my girlfriends and I have a cocktail party. And every year I'm the only single gal there. They all have boyfriends and get the beds, I get to fend for myself.
couples..the most unavoidable yet pervasive group in existence...esp. when you're single.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice. I'm linking this one :)
This is nothing but the truth!! lol
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