What your sleep position says about your relationship

Apparently, cuddling and spooning does show how much you love your partner. According to a study at the University of Hertfordshire in the UK, of over 1,000 people, 94 per cent of couples who spent the night touching were happy with their relationship, compared to just 68 per cent of those that didn’t touch. It also mattered how close the couples slept with 86 per cent of those who like to sleep an inch away (12 per cent of those tallied) saying they were happy compared to 68 per cent who slept 30 inches apart (just 2 per cent of respondents). “This is the first survey to examine couples’s sleeping positions, and the results allow people to gain an insight into someone’s personality and relationship by simply asking them about their favourite sleeping position,” said Professor Richard Wiseman as quoted by ScienceDaily.

Wiseman’s research is part of a greater field of research into sleep and dreaming, which has also been explored by psychiatrist Samuel Dunkell. The latter scientist found that the way you sleep says something about what kind of person you are. If you sleep fully curled up you are more likely to be indecisive and sensitive to criticism. If you sleep in a semi-fetal position you are more easy-going and unlikely to take extreme stances. And if you sleep flat on your back you are probably open and confident. Another interesting thing about the latest study are the insights it gives into the most popular ways people like to sleep. As reported, 42 per cent of people reported that they sleep back to back while 31 per cent prefer to be in the same direction or spoon. Just 4 per cent of people like to spend the night breathing on each other — that is, face to face. For cuddle neurotics, however, there’s always the classic Friends “Hug ‘n Roll.”

-askmen.in