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Side of bed debate - Which side is left? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by Mostly_Harmless_Variant@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Which side of the bed is the left side? Is the answer based on the perspective of laying in the bed (person's head at the head end)? Is the answer based on viewing it from the foot of the bed, looking at the head of the bed? Is there an "anatomical position" or special terminology like in boating for this?

For context: My boyfriend and I can't agree on this. We change who gets which side based on the shoulder we'd predominantly sleep on and how it's feeling. This let's us get good cuddles before shoulder pain gets irritated. He comes to bed after me. A while back he asked what side I'm sleeping on. I said "left". Later that night, he comes in and almost lays directly on me because he claims "left" is the other side. Since then we have to describe which side using complicated descriptions.

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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 9 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Well, so which is the front and which is the back?

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The front is where the spoiler isn't.

Race car beds FTW.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 5 months ago

I actually love this. Imagine all cars are race car beds and then use driver and passenger side lol.

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Beds have a head and a foot, so the head is fore and the foot aft.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago

Ah. But in a bed race, it's foot-first, implying a direction of travel that itself dictates head==aft and foot==fore. Totally different from how ironman flies, fwiw.

[–] Nemo@midwest.social 5 points 5 months ago

You mean "prow" and "stern".

[–] pelletbucket@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

port and starboard are based on the orientation of the ship, not the outside observer

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yes, but without knowing which is fore and which is aft you cannot make that judgement.

[–] pelletbucket@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

fore would definitely be the foot of the bed. that's where you are looking when you are using the bed properly

[–] AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Define "properly."

[–] pelletbucket@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

the bed was designed for sleeping. just because you can face any direction while fucking on it doesn't mean anything, because the same can be said of a ship