Hey Freak!

You know what I hate?

I hate when I'm laying down, trying to get comfortable... and my arm gets in the way.

Do you ever get that? You know, when you're settling in for the night, and trying to find a comfortable position, and... one of your arms is in the way. And you can't figure out what to do with it. So you put it to the side. Not comfortable. You stretch it out above your head. Still not comfortable. You move it here, there, everywhere, but you still can't get comfortable. So you end up giving up on that position and try to re-settle in some other configuration, but not before you wish you had detachable arms.

Well, that's my version. I'm sure this doesn't affect everybody, but it gets me all the time. Maybe because I like to sleep on my side or kinda face down. Face up sleepers probably don't have this problem.

What makes it worse? When you throw another person into the equation. Really, that's not a surprise. Two people trying to find a comfortable snuggle position for both can be pretty hard to do. Most of the time, somebody's arm will be in the way somewhere. Sometimes, it's manageable. Other times, you end up waking up with a dead arm.

(Honestly? The dead arm thing is kinda funny.)

Really, the in-the-way arm will never be on the list of the great tragedies of the world. But that doesn't make it any less annoying.

Monday morning I couldn't hit the snooze button with my right hand because I couldn't feel it. As a side sleeper, I have this problem all the time.

What gets me about it is the fact that just the night before I could lay in that position and be just fine... So, why now? Why tonight? Did my arm get bigger during the day? What's the problem?

Waterbeds tend to prevent the dead arm problem... Maybe you should consider becoming a playboy type and get a nice king sized waterbed with fuzzy padded rails and a mirrored headboard!

i dont know what the hell i was doing with my arm last night, but i definitely woke up with half of my hand asleep this morning. which in a way is good, otherwise i would have slept right through work.

Dude, for awhile I TOTALLY thought you were quoting Mallrats. You know, the scene where Brodie is talking about how relationships are like that arm that you just don't know what to do with...

Anyway, I totally know what you mean. As much as I like to cuddle, I can't keep it up all night because my arms start to feel restless and trapped when they know they can't easily move where they want...

My arms are a bit neurotic, I suppose

I know exactly what you mean, lately, my wedding ring keeps scraping the wall while I sleep, and it seems like the loudest noise EVER while we're trying to sleep!

And I thought I was the only one that went to bed every night thinking detachable arms would be a good thing.

DUDE. i know exactly what you mean! i went through a 2 year phase in my teens when i could NOT sleep because my arms were in the way. i too fantasized about detachable arms. that would still be sort of awesome...

Took me a while to figure it out, but since then this has worked for me and the wife for about 25 years. We both lay on our right sides; I fold my left arm under my pillow and my head and I put my right arm around her. I usually wake up like that - it's still a great way to wake up.

"We both lay on our right sides; I fold my left arm under my pillow and my head and I put my right arm around her... it's still a great way to wake up."

Awww! *Choke-gag-GHASP-HUUhhh...*

I have been, for the past 3 years or so, waking up with this as well. Since moving to my new house it hasn't been as bad. It hits me at around 5 or 6 a.m. when I have flipped over unconsciously due to the light filtering in through the one window I don't have covered by blackout curtains.

You know what pisses me off to high heaven? Why does it only happen to my left arm? Seriously...even after I've woken up, switched to my right side and fallen asleep again and wake up do I realize it is still happening?

I get up, pee, walk around swinging my arm like a monkey getting the thing to wake back up again.

It keeps me from wanting to meet someone new. Besides the snoring. And the big-ness of me. And the 'liking being alone' factor. The arm. Is. In. THE. WAAAY.

I know exactly what you mean. Many is the night when I have searched for a carving knife chainsaw to remove that flipping arm!!!

I'm not the only one who has wished for a detachable arm! It goes in spurts for me. I'm in one now that every night my arm just doesn't want to cooperate.

You should try having breasts. Those bitches can be bitches.

Especially when your dog jumps on you and steps on one.

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