On top of everything else, over time, spouses vary between having cold feet that they warm on your back and throwing all the covers off because they’re too hot. And the periodicity of those changes isn’t the same: My cycle’s apparently a couple of years + and spouse’s cycle is closer to 5 years. So there’s no way to figure out a permanent solution.
My wife takes the entire bed, not just the blankets. She complains that I am taking too much room…that 2" I get at the edge. She wants the entire bed as well as the blankets …and we have a KING size bed.
Get a blanket bigger than the bed and you will not have these problems. If you have a double, get a queen size blanket. If a queen, get a king. If a king, get separate blankets.
A day might come, Earl, when you’d give anything, anything, to have your love roll over with the blanket just one more time. That day came for me in January of this year. When you’re left alone, it’s funny what you find you miss.
I have a nephew that’s 6’3" I crocheted him an afghan that was over 10 feet long. Auntie made sure that he has a cover to fit his proportions because that’s what aunties do.
Am I the only one who saw this as a grim metaphor about death?He starts off by saying “Life is like a short blanket”.The strip is about his efforts to become happy. But when his wife ‘rolls over’, (Which is a euphemism for death) he finds himself cold and alone.
enigmamz almost 5 years ago
Yup.
Concretionist almost 5 years ago
On top of everything else, over time, spouses vary between having cold feet that they warm on your back and throwing all the covers off because they’re too hot. And the periodicity of those changes isn’t the same: My cycle’s apparently a couple of years + and spouse’s cycle is closer to 5 years. So there’s no way to figure out a permanent solution.
Templo S.U.D. almost 5 years ago
this may be why Ricky and Lucy slept in separate beds: no hogging the one set of covers in one bed
stellanova87 almost 5 years ago
Get a spare blanket, just because you share the same bed doesn’t mean you have to share the same blanket.
LastRoseOfSummer 1 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Separate beds…. heck separate rooms and…. bliss!
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace almost 5 years ago
When your bed is a simile of your life, you know you’re doing something right… metaphorically speaking.
Leojim almost 5 years ago
In my old age I have perfected the blanket lock.
Bill The Nuke almost 5 years ago
This is why I have my own blanket.
Sanspareil almost 5 years ago
Looks like Earl needs a 3 Roscoe night!
hariseldon59 almost 5 years ago
There are advantages to sleeping alone.
jpayne4040 almost 5 years ago
That is certainly life, Earl! You just can’t win!
Breadboard almost 5 years ago
Good Luck Earl ! With me tis the dogs Hogging up the Couch !
bullpunky almost 5 years ago
One of the perks of divorce.
1953Baby almost 5 years ago
Sigh. . .it’s always something. . .
sarahbowl1 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
I just buy blankets that are big enough! I own a ‘full’ sized bed but buy queen sized blankets!
Redd Panda almost 5 years ago
The moral of this story? Buy a better blanket. Long and warm.
Al Nala almost 5 years ago
I am inspired to suggest Double-Wide Blankets.
DaveQuinn almost 5 years ago
My wife takes the entire bed, not just the blankets. She complains that I am taking too much room…that 2" I get at the edge. She wants the entire bed as well as the blankets …and we have a KING size bed.
Zebrastripes almost 5 years ago
Sssssh! I’m trying to sleep here…..
Tentoes almost 5 years ago
I learned how to turn over without stealing the blanket. I’m divorced now. Related?
codedaddy almost 5 years ago
Rather be the yanker than the yankee. The advantage of sleeping solo.
Alberta Oil almost 5 years ago
We went to twin beds 45 years ago after 4 years of just that very problem..
ArtisticArtemis almost 5 years ago
There’s almost always a friendly solution to any problem if you just put your mind to it.
Almost always.
rlaker22j almost 5 years ago
grab her boobs show roll over but you still have to get your own blanket
gregorylkruse Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Get your own bed.
zeexenon almost 5 years ago
Exactly why the fetal position was invented. My dear (RIP) put her icy feet on my toasty toots.
Teto85 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Get a blanket bigger than the bed and you will not have these problems. If you have a double, get a queen size blanket. If a queen, get a king. If a king, get separate blankets.
Bookworm almost 5 years ago
A day might come, Earl, when you’d give anything, anything, to have your love roll over with the blanket just one more time. That day came for me in January of this year. When you’re left alone, it’s funny what you find you miss.
iggyman almost 5 years ago
That about covers it, Earl!
Back to Big Mike almost 5 years ago
We have seperate blankets, so when one of us get up in the night, the other’s blanket doesn’t move.
Mstreselena almost 5 years ago
I have a nephew that’s 6’3" I crocheted him an afghan that was over 10 feet long. Auntie made sure that he has a cover to fit his proportions because that’s what aunties do.
TIMH almost 5 years ago
Bet he liked her a lot better back when she had night-time hot flashes.
JacobHenderson almost 5 years ago
Am I the only one who saw this as a grim metaphor about death?He starts off by saying “Life is like a short blanket”.The strip is about his efforts to become happy. But when his wife ‘rolls over’, (Which is a euphemism for death) he finds himself cold and alone.
6foot6 almost 5 years ago
My wife and I have always slept with 2 different blankets due to this reason.