How you share your bed with your partner may reveal more about your relationship than your romantic plans for Valentines day.
How you share your bed with your partner may reveal more about your relationship than your romantic plans for Valentines day.Research from the U.K. hotel chain Travelodge and relationship psychologist Corinne Sweet released before the holiday in 2015 shows most couples sleep in nine primary positions—and each one tells you something.
■ Liberty: Back to Back Without Touching (27%)
This position shows both closeness and independence in the relationship, Sweet says. Couples are connected and secure in themselves.
■ Cherish: Back to Back with Touching (23%)
Couples in new relationships often sleep this way. It’s a relaxed, comfortable position.
■ Spooning: Front to Back with Touching (18%)
In this traditional couple’s sleeping position, one partner takes a protective posture over the other, Sweet says.
■ Lovers’ Knot: Face to Face with Legs Intertwined Briefly (8%)
Most couples don’t maintain this position for more than a few minutes and then they separate. It’s a compromise between intimacy and independence, Sweet says.
■ The Romantic: One Partner with Head on the Other’s Chest (4%)
Partners often sleep in this position early on in their relationships, Sweet says. It indicates vibrant, passionate or even rekindled love.
■ Pillow Talk: Face to Face Without Touching (3%)
Sweet says this position shows a need for intimacy and close communication.
■ Superhero: Lying in a Starfish Position with Partner Hanging off the Bed (3%)
Not the most romantic of positions with one partner dominating the space, while the other takes a secondary role.
■ The Lovers: Face to Face with Legs Intertwined All Night (2%)
Sweet says this romantic, intimate sleeping position also shows partners lack independence from each other.