Sleeping positions reveal alot about our relationship

Like a relationship barometer, the variety of positions couples adopt in bed reveals their emotional closeness or distance, says Sharon Ní Chonchúir.

Sleeping positions reveal alot about our relationship

IT took Harry and Sally an entire film to finally get together, and then they ended up in what is called the ‘romantic position’ in bed. This position is popular in Hollywood movies: the woman lies with her head and arm on the man’s chest.

It’s intimate and often adopted by people in a new relationship or after love-making. But don’t depress yourselves if you can’t remember how long it’s been since you and your other half fell asleep in this position; according to a survey by the hotel chain Travelodge and relationship psychologist Corinne Sweet, only 4% of couples sleep in this position.

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