March 14, 2007
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Teddy Bear
Apparently more men need a teddy bear to sleep with than women do when they are sleeping alone.
15 percent of women said they used a teddy bear. 20 percent of men said they need one. The survey included 2000 people who were “solitary travelers.”
63 percent of those people admitted they needed someone to cuddle with while they were sleeping. 28 percent admitted to hugging their pillow. Here is the link: Link
Lets be honest now. . .
Do you need something to cuddle with when sleeping alone?
Comments (199)
no..
2nd!
Pillow!
unless its my invisible friend, melville!
No, but I’ve never slept with anyone, so I don’t know the repercussions if I were to and then not.
But for now, no.
If I did, it’d probably be one of my lifesize stuffed dogs. Yeah, one of them. lol
Yeah, a blanket.
Technicolor.
A cat.
Nope,I am asleep in minutes.
yes like my boyfriend, he’s cuddly like a tree.
Yeah. I sleep with a teddy bear everynight.
Sometimes, depending on the weather.
I have a cuddlesome fox pillow. ^-^
Yes. I love to cuddle!!!! That sounds wrong…
Nope.
my boyfriend yes. before him i think i just cuddled with the billions of stuffed animals and blankets on my bed O_o.
yea but mine’s a giant cat.
I sleep with a polar bear named Brrrrt and I hug a down blanket.
Yes. I always have. I can’t wait to have a husband so I can have someone to cuddle with every night.
No, but I do need to be tucked in.
i love allll my pillows. i have 4 and a body pillow. i cuddle. and when it’s not a pillow. it’s my bf.
Anything with big tits works, really.
(except fat chicks. no fat chicks.)
yes..i use my big puffy blanket
yes i need my girlfriend to “cuddle” with
if u know what i mena
Of course I do need to have the TV on when I fall asleep, so I guess I’m cuddling my DVD player…
Nope, if there is like a blanket too I might. But I don’t got to.
oh yes
I have a big red bear and a dragon
i just use my pillow.
i don’t need anything when i sleep alone. and i prefer to sleep alone anyway.
Nope. I love having the bed all to myself.
usually no, i tend to just want to be left alone, cause if i wake up i get pissed.
No.
I have stuffed animals, but I don’t NEED them.
yes. if i’m alone, i hug a pillow.
nope. i’m perfectly ok with just my blankets and pillows, and when there IS someone in the bed with me…..i totally prefer to have my own side of the bed.
my pillow
I don’t need anything to cuddle with to fall asleep, but it’s easier if someone’s there.
I actually prefer pre-cuddling to sleep, but when it is time for bed nothing except the blanket can touch me.
no way. as a child, i thought all my teddy bears took evil human form when i was asleep so i stuffed them on a bottom shelf at night.
I curly up in and get cuddled by my comforter. When in a hotel, trying hard to finally get to sleep in osme strange bed with extra pillows, I have been known to cuddle with one.
I don’t need it, but if I have an extra blanket or pillow or something, then I will make use of it.
yep…my pillow…or a blanket all tossed in a heap
not me
No, I don’t need to. Though I admit naps are more fun when I can snuggle with my girlfriend…
I don’t “need” it, but I have a stuffed cat and a stuffed cow and a stuffed husky dog that are good company whenever I feel like it.
I think the desire to “cuddle” in bed comes from our natural design as personal, intimate beings.
Yes! I sleep with an animal I’ve had since my first Christmas, a Winnie the Pooh my boyfriend gave me one Christmas, and my best friend’s care bear.
Hah.
Do the blankets count?
One of those squooshie pillows is nice.
not really know.
althou I remember LOVING buba lol.
I do sleep with this one stuffed animal I got a long time ago.
Its one of those things thats just to old to get rid, and kinda close to you.
ya know?
my dog. if she isn’t there, i have to have a pillow or something. pathetic.
Yes. Especially if I don’t feel well.
of corse… soft cuddly things are always welcomed.
5 hours ago i found out my boyfriend used to collect teddy bears
i don’t need a teddy bear but it is nice to have!
No, but I do have Pinky
.
When Jody (my wife) was out of town, I invited our dog to sleep next to me.
pillow.. though it always ends up on the floor by morning >.>
yes, a stuffed bunny that i’ve had since i was four named Tot. sad, i know, but he’s my buddy….
Nope I gave up that habit awhile ago
i sleep with my giraffe Julian, i wouldn’t say that i need to sleep with him though. i’d be fine without.
Hi Dan,
I cuddle with my real kitty cat “Nestle”…..or a stuffed rabbit.
Candy
yes! for sure. usually a pillow. i don’t like teddy bears. they don’t work for me
♥ flyy_quotes
of course. i need at least 4 pillows and a stuffed animal.
i sorta hold my covers and pillow… but i dont know if youd call it cuddling.
I need to cuddle to be able to fall asleep, but I usually end up discarding whatever it is I’m cuddling with in my sleep halfway thru the night.
Although I prefer girls, I find pillows far are cheaper and easier to get. I sleep with FOUR of them every night! Pillows…
no. unless i’m sad or cold – then i sleep in a fetal posistion and hug my legs.
Pillow.
no.
Hmm, no. I usually have quite a bit of comforter to wrap around me, but then there are times I sleep better above the covers, depending on the weather and temperature.
It doesn’t seem very manly to cuddle with a stuffed animal…
Yes. When I sleep alone, I have tons of pillows and a few blankets, plus usually at least one stuffed animal. Lately I’ve been sleeping with a big stuffed elephant.
Yes! I still sleep with my security blanket!!!
nope
no….’tis strange thing, this “cuddling”.
No.
yeah, but something bigger than a teddy bear, and something that gives off heat or something, like a dog, or a lady…
my hubby, or when he’s not here, a body pillow
my wife or a pillow if I go to bed first.
Not always.
No. I however have always slept alone so it would be weird to not do so.
No…I need a wall.
That is all
To clairify I need something to press up against not something to hold.
The back of a couch works great.
That is all
If I had a really bad day, I whip out a stuffed frog that I made in junior high school during FACs. But that’s after a REALLY bad day.
Depends on the mood I’m in. I only see my boyfriend on the weekends. During the week I’m usually so tired I fall asleep almost immediately. If I’m upset in some way though, I hug one of my three teddy bears. If I’m mad at my boyfriend, I hug the one that I bought myself (i.e. the one he didn’t get me).
i dont need one, but it’d be nice to have my boyfriend around…
On the rare occasions my husband is out of town, I love to stretch out and hog the entire bed. No toys, animals, or people and nothing heavier than a sheet touching me.
RYC: It’s from the play “Our Town,” by Thornton Wilder.
And to answer the post, I don’t have anything, but I often wish I did.
i have to have something there with me
whether its a real life thing, like my kitty cat, or a person
or a pillow or stuffed animal
=/
it makes me happy, so thats all that matters
<3s
I need something to cuddle when sleeping WITH someone…i have to hug a pillow…weird I know….my poor hubby
I have several “teddy bears”, although they generally just sit on my bed. If I ever do decide to cuddle with one, it will be on the other side of the room when I wake up. LOL, I move around alot when I sleep >_<
I can’t sleep without Mr. Bear
(I know the name is somewhat….whatever!! I Love him!!)
I can not fall asleep inless Im hugging something
Yes a pillow works, but I prefer a stuffed Eeyore
I have several pillows. I don’t hug them, though.
yes! my piggy doll!
a dog and a teddy bear
My ipod. I listen to it every night during insomnia time.
YES! I am 20 and I still sleep with my bear. It’s an emotional thing.
yess, a bear.
I like feather pillows. They don’t hog the covers or snore.
yeah usually an extra blanket or something
I don’t sleep well unless I have my arms around something, usually a pillow.
Yes, my manatee. He’s nice and soft. But sometimes I get too warm, and throw him out of bed.
I sleep with my teddy bear Lovely every night. I don’t really know why. I got her 2 years ago.
Being at the age where I can still have crushes, I like to pretend my pillow is her. And hug it. Nothing more. Don’t read too much into that.
I always have a pillow or I snuggle the blanket. Count me in!
No, but I still have Puffy on my bed at home.
“Childhood stuffed animal” love is probably one of the best loves ever.
yes…either a blanket or pillow.
Mine…is a big plushie of Kurapica from Hunter X Hunter. >_>;;; I NEED him.
yep
a blanket or pillow will do, its just about being in a comfortable position.
Yes.
I have a blanket that is uber soft. I sleep with it.
: )
yes, yes i do. hermie is his name, he’s my stuffed dog.
yep
I don’t really *need* it… but I like to have something to hold onto. I think it has more to do with needing to do something with my arms than being lonely though…
yes I have a body pillow that I can’t sleep without
my dog sleeps in my bed so if i need to cuddle i pull him out from under the covers and hug him (which doesnt make him too happy) haha
No…. but I do like having something pressing against the small of my back (Like a wall or a person) as I sleep, for some reason I feel like it gives stability. But not a teddy bear or a pillow. I tried to be a normal kid and sleep with a stuffed animal. It never worked.
i’ve slept with my teddy bear for 23 years now!
<3ALways,
Nary
I need a lot of blankets on me. My husband needs like 4 pillows and takes up 3/4 of the bed though.
I just saw his comment up there and he says “I usually snuggle a pillow…” LIAR!
definitely!
yes sir i do! I sleep with like this giant stuffed dog and its my cuddle item. I also gave my bf a teddy for christmas and he sleeps with it, and he says he likes it to; he holds it when he feels alone at night. So both of us do.
I cuddle with myself.
damn straight…
one big teddy bear coming up!
No, but I think it’s cool that other people do.
thats what my second pillow’s for
I sleep with 5 pillows around me. Like a nest… it’s weird. But I do cuddle with my comforter or pillow because I don’t like my elbows touching.
Do you ever wake up and find your arm completely lifeless because you (or your pillow) layed on it?
Wow, and I thought it was weird that I still slept with stuffed animals…
No, but I do need a pillow…
hell freaking yeah! my husband and I both sleep with stuffed animals sometimes….but most of the time we just cuddle.
No. I have people hanging on me all day. I sleep without touching anyone or anything…hopefully.
i have tons of stuffed animals in my bed…im not ashamed…oh yeah,i have a picture of davey havok in my bed too lmao.
by the way…loved the two cards that were made for the abortion post. they express what I would say perfectly. haha.
i would so much rather spoon with someone than sleep alone.
ohhhhh.
spooning = love.
I usually sleep on my back…but whenever i do sleep on my side i like to put a pillow between my legs and hug another pillow.
My husband is gone a lot traveling and I usually have a bunch of pillows on the bed! No stuffed animals. He sleeps with several pillows when he is gone from me too….but not stuffed animals.
I don’t need anything, but that’s not to say I don’t want anything
no not really i like cuddling with my dog but i am in a dorm right now and i cant have her with me so i dont really need anything to cuddle with
I have a full size bed and no joking, half of it is stuffed animals.
I usually don’t sleep alone..
But when I do I use a pillow.
IF I sleep in a bed, then I like my pillows and I do have a LARGE stuffed dog named “Jackson”. Usually, though, I choose the recliner. It is just easier that way. No thinking involved.
a pillow or a person… but I usually hug my blanket lol.
No….sleeping alone is blissful…no one to hog the covers or sleep in the middle of the bed….bliss…perfect bliss.
yes…and his name is nutmeg
i dont need it, but i sleep with one of those foamy bead pillow things
I need a blanket at all times, but a pillow isn’t necessary.
I practically smother myself to sleep every night. I don’t really know if that involves stuffed animals, pillows, or what. I don’t like losing my “teddy bear” when I sleep, though, so it sits on a shelf by my head.
When I was a kid, I had a security blanket and a stuffed animal, and I couldn’t sleep without both.
I sleep better with one, but I can survive without one as well.
It’s nice…
I sleep with a stuffed chicken-duck thing.
It’s cute, and it reminds me of her.
Sometimes when I’m really stressed out.
Yes. I can do without the teddy bear but prefer to have an extra pillow. Lacking that I have been known to roll up my jacket or an extra blanket and curl up with it. I sleep kinda weird
it depends. I usually wrap myself in a blanket so I am going to say no.
heck no. i like sleeping alone.
Nah, no teddy bear ever.
I have a Teddy Bear, but it is up on top of a shelf. Seriously. I used a hold a pillow when I slept. I found it helped me lay on my side, but nowdays not much at all.
Yes I do. I need at least something to cuddle like a small pillow if I’m away from home. I do have a teddy bear that usually travels on vacation with me. Why should my sleep suffer?
No, not unless I’m already really upset or feeling really alone. I have a fat cat for cuddling and a life size teddy bear my fiance bought me, I’m in no way deprived of cuddlers if I do get the urge.
yes! well, only if it helps me get to sleep, but sometimes i dont need a pillow/or whatever.
ABSOLUTELY. Hugging a stuffed dog right now, lol. I’m a complete cuddle-whore – animate/inanimate, I don’t care. =)
I have a stuffed animal. Less maintenance and more reliable than any boyfriend. xD
Yes…sometimes… Especially if I have had a bad day…
I have a full length body pillow, but I also have a teddy bear named Wendy who shares my bed
yes.
No.
A boy or a cat.
Or I have to go sleep on the couch.
I sure miss my Shih Tzu!
I DO!!
no…in fact i hate to be crowded when i’m trying to sleep. i do let the cat sleep by my feet though…
Most definitely…
Not unless I’m having stupid huge anxiety attacks, in which case I have one on my nightstand I can grab.
Not unless I’m having stupid huge anxiety attacks, in which case I have one on my nightstand I can grab.
damnit I hate double posts.
I usually let one of the dogs sleep on the bed when G is away, but we don’t cuddle. She has to stay on her side.
I need a pillow under my head and a blanket wrapped about me. I cuddle with nothing and find it weird that other people do.
It depends on whom I’m sleeping alone with.
Yeah, but mine’s a stuffed lamb.
In a way, I’m slightly surprised about males needing a teddy bear more than females do, actually. I don’t like sleeping with stuffed animals, but I sometimes do “cuddle” with a very soft blanket that I have.
I always sleep alone; I need my labrador retriever there for the body heat aspect, plus being able to listen to something else alive that’s breathing or snoring; I have the TV on for the human voice contact – it helps me sleep. And I have to have something cotton, quilt or duvet cover, pulled against my right cheek, for some odd reason. Pretty pathetic, huh? Adaptive behavior. I’m sure those would change if I had a real live husband again.
Woobie or no woobie, that is the question. Whether it is noble in the mind to hug a bunny, or by the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, to hide them, all those stuffed toys and inflatables… Dang!
I bunch up my blanket and hold that like a teddy bear.
I don’t need to, but I *like* to when I’m traveling alone. For the past year or so my companion when traveling is a stuffed lobster named “Pinchy” that my bf gave me. We exchanged lobsters for our first Christmas together before he went to the NWT for 3 weeks. He actually started the tradition by taking “Pierre” with him to sleep. Now Pinchy has been to Boston, Atlanta, a few places in Belize, Montana, B.C., Quebec, N.S., Alberta, Toronto, Oakville, St. Andrews…he gets to come on all the random trips.
It’s a blast taking photos of him in different places!
It helps, but I don’t need one to fall asleep.
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NO, only if I have a stomach ache
I need a blanket.
I need at least a pillow, for posture. I feel more comfortable when I wake up, if I’ve been cuddling a pillow. Body pillows are the best. –Besides boyfriends. I slept with my teddy bear, Biggie
, pretty often, until the seam at his neck got a hole in it; then I decided to protect him by not sleeping with him, so that I could keep him for posterity.
Well it’s usually my dog, and if I’m on vacation or sleeping at another persons house, I usually have to have a pillow against my chest which is where my dog sleeps.
KOOOOL
My husband is deployed, so I find that it helps to snuggle a body pillow. Not quite the same though….
yep, my bunny (stuffed bunny, not a real one)
Before I got married, I slept with a teddy bear, body pillow, and a cat. Now I sleep with a Hubby, body pillow, and a cat. Good thing we have a queen size bed.
Yeah, I sleep with a pillow behind my back, and Nemo, who is like my teddy bear but he’s a fish…
Yes yes yes =]
im a pillow hugger. my boyfriend is huggable too.
I have a bear, it reminds me of my elementary school days.
And those scuushi pillows (you know, with those little beads?) are comfy too.
No, and if I did it wouldn’t be that teddy bear; it’d be a cute one!
I sleep with a stuffed frog.
I need a stuffed animal to keep me company.