One Step Closer to Separate Beds

Dave and I fight about the covers all the time. All the time. He is usually on a repetitive cycle of telling me how much I pulled or tugged or hogged or smothered him. Our bedtime routine consists of us pushing the covers at each other trying to find an equilibrium for about five minutes. It doesn't stop, and it is never my fault. Truly. Up until about one month ago we used two different down duvets on our bed, one for him and one for me, mainly because he doesn't like the one I was using. The only problem is that the one I used is for a queen bed, bought back when I had a queen bed (and used in Dave's first London apartment when he had, yep, a queen bed). He uses my super old twin size duvet from my freshman year of college. It still has a tremendous amount of fluff to it, it's great, and rather light. So he was all happy, yet still managed to complain, but I wasn't happy because I had too darn much overhang. The queen fell over my side almost to the floor so my feet couldn't stick out if they wanted too, so I would get really hot. H-O-T.

I found a solution and bought myself a silk duvet in a twin size and now I am a happy camper. I realize how Euro we now are, using personal twin duvets. Our hotel in Bergen had two covers lined up and ready to go on the bed, one for each of us, and our home bed looks like that too! It's like we're always on vacation in a Scandinavian country. Now that we both have twin sized covers there isn't too much overlap in the middle, too much overhang on the sides, and they have different weights, mine being more summer weight. I did have to get used to sleeping under a lighter cover, but in weather like this, I am not complaining. I do like the silk, though I am dubious it will keep me warm sans blanket come winter (in two weeks...). They say silk keeps you cool in the summer by letting air circulate, but also warm in the winter by draping over you while also regulating your body temp. Silk also helps keep away dust mites, which are just gross. Every so often down gives me allergies, so I am hoping the silk keeps them at bay. But just being able to avoid arguments makes my purchase worth it. Fifty years from now Dave and I will be asked how we lasted so long and I will simply reply "silk."

I figure now that we have two separate duvets, we are that much closer to just getting two separate beds, like old 1950's sitcoms. That way Dave could keep his flannel sheets on year round (ick) and I could put the good fancy hotel-like stuff on mine. And Riley could have her very own bed right in the middle.