Yoko wrote:
i read this two years ago
it doesnt leave
now it lives in your head too -
I have been dating my boyfriend for 3 years and I only just finally visited his apartment this week. I was amazed to see in his bedroom there is no bed.
Instead, there is a huge pile of clothes and towels in the middle of the room. My boyfriend said it is his "nest" and he sleeps in it. I could not believe this.
He showed me how he does it and he kind of curls up into a ball in the middle and piles some of the clothes and towels on top of him. That's how he sleeps.
He told me had never had a guest in his nest before but I was welcome to try, or I could sleep on the sofa. It turns out the reason he had not invited me to this apartment is because he was embarrassed about his nest.
I thought it was very odd to have a nest. But, I tried to sleep in it with him. I found it very uncomfortable and weird, and I also noticed it smelled. I went to sleep on the sofa.
In the morning my boyfriend confronted me and said "Why do you hate my nest?" I said I thought it was weird, uncomfortable, and smelly. I asked does he wash those clothes? He said he doesn't because he doesn't wear them, they are just "nesting materials". I said he should still wash them.
He said if we were going to take the next step and move in together, I would need to accept his nest. I said if we move in together we're getting a bed. He said he would rather never go to sleep if he couldn't use a nest. I said fine maybe we'll get a 2 bedroom. He took offense to this. I told him his nest was stupid as a mud crab, which I admit was childish.
We are currently not speaking. I want to resolve this though. I have a deep hatred of his nest but he has a deep love for it, is 2 bedroom a viable solution? What can I do?
TL;DR - My boyfriend sleeps in a nest.
i read this two years ago
it doesnt leave
now it lives in your head too -
I have been dating my boyfriend for 3 years and I only just finally visited his apartment this week. I was amazed to see in his bedroom there is no bed.
Instead, there is a huge pile of clothes and towels in the middle of the room. My boyfriend said it is his "nest" and he sleeps in it. I could not believe this.
He showed me how he does it and he kind of curls up into a ball in the middle and piles some of the clothes and towels on top of him. That's how he sleeps.
He told me had never had a guest in his nest before but I was welcome to try, or I could sleep on the sofa. It turns out the reason he had not invited me to this apartment is because he was embarrassed about his nest.
I thought it was very odd to have a nest. But, I tried to sleep in it with him. I found it very uncomfortable and weird, and I also noticed it smelled. I went to sleep on the sofa.
In the morning my boyfriend confronted me and said "Why do you hate my nest?" I said I thought it was weird, uncomfortable, and smelly. I asked does he wash those clothes? He said he doesn't because he doesn't wear them, they are just "nesting materials". I said he should still wash them.
He said if we were going to take the next step and move in together, I would need to accept his nest. I said if we move in together we're getting a bed. He said he would rather never go to sleep if he couldn't use a nest. I said fine maybe we'll get a 2 bedroom. He took offense to this. I told him his nest was stupid as a mud crab, which I admit was childish.
We are currently not speaking. I want to resolve this though. I have a deep hatred of his nest but he has a deep love for it, is 2 bedroom a viable solution? What can I do?
TL;DR - My boyfriend sleeps in a nest.