Women Are Comparing Their Side Of The Bed Vs. Their Boyfriends’, And People Find The Similarities Between Men Hilarious
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If there’s a sacred little place we fully dedicate to ourselves in the house, it must be our side of the bed. The contents of it speak more than thousands of words, and I wouldn’t be surprised if an AI algorithm would create spot-on human profiles based on how one’s bedside looks. After all, it’s where the good, the bad, and the ugly bits from our daily lives come to rest.
And one Twitter user, @hannystyles69, took it a step further by taking a picture of not one, but two bedsides. One, it’s her orderly and aesthetically pleasing little corner accompanied by a hemp hand creme and a nice read for evenings, and the other is her boyfriend’s bedside.
People on Twitter needed no further explanation, since the side-by-side comparison was profoundly telling. The post went viral with 647.3K likes and 40.5K retweets and the new post trend was born. “My side of the bed vs my bf’s side of the bed” not only reflects the stark difference between men and women, but it also personifies the ensued hilarity we share in this world.
From makeshift toothbrush chargers to Himalayan salt lamps, no one dares to criticize your holy bedtime setup. Except, of course, your other half.
This Twitter user shared a snap of her bedside vs her boyfriend’s and it immediately went viral
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Bored Panda reached out to the Twitter user @hannystyles69 who is behind the viral “My side of the bed vs my bf’s side of the bed” thread. Hannystyles69 shared a side-by-side comparison of her bedside and her boyfriend’s two days ago and received 40.6k retweets and 10.4k quote tweets.
More women shared pictures of very similar-looking bedside setups
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The thread’s author told us that the idea for the thread came as she was setting up her things on her nightstand after she had just moved in. “I walked over and realized what my boyfriend’s side of the bed looked like,” hannystyles69 said. “I think it’s funny how I like to have so many unnecessary items to make me feel happy and he just needed those three simple things,” she added.
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Turns out, hannystyles69 had no idea the thread was going to go this viral, “but after I took the pictures, I showed my boyfriend and we both laughed about it for a long time so I decided to tweet it.”
When asked whether you can tell how a person is based on their bedside table, the thread’s author assured us that she absolutely doesn’t think so. “My boyfriend and I have very similar personalities, just with very different items we sleep next to.”
And everyone is finding the photos totally hilarious
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Some men felt ‘personally attacked’ and shared their own snaps of their bedsides
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But it turns out, there are men who don’t fit the stereotype
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And this is why it’s sometimes great being single
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As great as having a dog…
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And someone has perfectly summed up this whole thread
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Guarantee the majority of women that took these pics would have tidied their side of the bed before taking the photos 😂
I keep every thing of mine tidy but I know a lot of women would do what you said!
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My thoughts exactly. Strange and sad living in a World where it feels mandatory to keep a bat beside your bed....
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Why do none of these people have matching side tables on either side of the bed? That would drive me nuts
And also, no bedside lamps. I suppose some could be mounted on the walls, but ... I think I only saw one that had any kind of light source.
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I learned people are nasty and should replace their rugs. Also, if you need 2 assault rifles next to you while you sleep you may need to reflect on your decisions in life.
Omg. I thought the bat was for protection in case someone breaks in the house but this comment led my mind to a totally different scenario. Well to clear that image, maybe they will lube the burglar after batting for easy removal.
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Where the hell do these people live that they require baseball bats, daggers, and guns by their bedsides?
It's not about requiring them, it's about having them.
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Is anyone wondering if that big jug of yellow liquid is that dude's pee bottle? Sorry, but it looks like that and I know dudes that do that
From the style of the bottle I assumed it was some sort of electrolyte drink concoction, but now I'm not so sure.
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Pic #9, right side, light blue. Probably shoulda put a thing or two away before taking that pic.
Oh yeah..... I didn't see that until I read your comment.
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Who the F keeps a baseball bat / knife / machine gun by the side of their beds!!?? Is this a 'Murica' thing? Or do too many people live in really unsafe neighbourhoods? I used to have drug dealers living right above me, and I didn't keep a weapon by my bed - I just left them alone, and they left me alone.
Honestly it seems more of an SA thing than anywhere else but I’m pretty sure these are people using these objects in photos to project masculinity
Load More Replies... I don't think I've ever seen this much macho bullshit in 1 post before...
Thank you! It’s so contrived too, and everyone fell for it
Load More Replies... Do they not have locks on their doors? Freaking bats and weapons like crazy people, f****d up... It must be awful to live in such fear
“Hi my boyfriend is a man child, isn’t it endearing?” You’re dating a grown man, he can keep a normal tidy nightstand.
Yeah...and the assault rifles, dagger, and crowbar as well. I really wonder where in the world these people live or if having a weapon by your beside instantly increase your MANLINESS levels.
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In Germany nobody have weapons beside the bed. This is very , very strange for me...
I'm from the middle of America and cheese almighty I've never seen this either. No guns. No bats. I mean, I don't go wandering into other people's bedrooms, but people don't always close doors either and you get to see some "interesting" things, but never weapons. Well, fighting weapons, but I've seen some sexual items that look like weapons.
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same sex couple here...and our sides of the bed are the same as his vs hers side...just saying
What's this really trying to say...women are more..eat,pray,love...and men are more baseball and lube ( er..hopefully not used together..not that there is anything wrong with that).
Exactly. Fake, dumb, extreme gender role BS
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so glad to be single! married for 32 yrs. the man never used a hamper with consistently. eventually started leaving all his dirty clothes on his side of bed & i stopped picking them up come wash day. didn't complain until he ran out of underwear & i told him if not in the hamper, not getting washed. he'd get better for a while then backslide into being messy. eventually stopped when he bought me a puppy & she liked to leave 'presents' in his laundry. should have taken the hint then as if a dog is literally telling you for the poops then they are aware of something you aren't.
Im.really shocked how many people have gross/messy living standards being the norm
I’ve been a realtor and property manager and I’ve been in literally thousands of households and it’s shocking how common it is for people to be messy. Especially “white” people. Their houses were rarely clean, always shoes and kids crap everywhere.
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What I learned today is I need to buy a bat and leave lube out in open.
I like that most guys are ready to protect their home... but it is also scary that they have to
i have a drawyer with clothes, a night stand, a whole table so i can put makeup while sitting on the bed, a smaller drawyer under the table which i pull out to put my mirror on. My bf has a charger outlet. that's literally all xD he doesn't even have a night stand he puts his phone on the floor xD
Mine side has laundry and a huge pile of books, my hubby's is neat with chargers and a nicely decorated bookcase.
I think this venting by some and not necessarily typical. In our relationship I am the slob concerning caos-but he sees no purpose in dusting.
You never know.......if you will get the midnight munchies and want a meat sandwich at night.
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Why would anybody keep a baseball bat next to the bed in the first place?
I like that many people didn’t have matching bedside tables, makes me feel less alone hahaha. I am quite surprised at how many people actually keep baseball bats by their bedside.
don't people buy matching nightstands. are my husband and I really that weird?
I have a percussion massager by my bed. I make strange sounds when using it to persuade my muscles to let me move. The neighbours think I'm having fun. It could probably kill someone if I hit them with it (even the lightweight ones are heavy). No need of a dedicated weapon for defending myself
Most of them can be summed up with "f**k nightstands"
It would be a little bit more believable if the Ruth Bader Ginsburg book was opened at least once. Not a single crease.
What's up with all the baseball bats?! Is this a thing among US males? :D
girls some of y'all laugh at the simps and say you want the bad boys but we all know we just want a man to feed us and brush our hair and care for us and let us do the same for them
I'm a single woman...the side I favor has a combination of the two...pretty stuff, stacks of stuff, and a rifle...the other side has my dogs stuff and an area where the cats can sit to look out the window.
This is partly why I'm glad I am single. Don't have to worry about anyone's side of the bed but my own.
I like to be able to nab whatever I need in/off my nightstand without opening an eye. That's why things are assigned a spot. Books, glasses, phone, lamp switch (separate from lamp), gun, vibrator... Don't want to be grabbing the wrong thing at the wrong time.
Love all the guns and bats 😆 I have a bat by mine and I'm a woman lol.
Mine always has a bottle of water, a roll of toilet paper and lunch box of medicine (headaches, stomach aches, allergies, asthma, etc)
In most of these pictures, the man’s side of the bed doesn’t even have a bedside table, which isn’t wry fair. No table means they have to put their stuff on the floor. I somehow think if they did then at least some of them would put their stuff in/on it. Some. Not all.
Woah! There's the normal side of the bed and then there's the men's with mostly no sidetable and probably a baseball bat, knife or gun. First, it worries me that (American?) men need these things but secondly, why do they take them into the bedroom? Also it took me quite a while to realise why lube is such a thing for them, in my country no one is circumcised so no need for it. I don't think I like the thought that they are all 'cut' for no reason..
Meh I sleep right next to the desk so no putting stuff on floor or anything for me
This was a nice article but I wish it would be possible to comment under every photo. I really enjoy reading the comments sometimes.
Maybe he didn't have a baseball bat like the rest of them?
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The one with all the stuffed animals compared to an adult male's side looked like it's from Lolita. Pink and blue plush are only sexy to a select group.
A commonality of the male side of the bed seems to be a lack of a table. Why? Do you not buy a matching pair of tables/cupboards/etc? Also the number of weapons is truly frightening!
this is hilarious. My side is the messy one, No shame in my game. I clean it and it looks amazing and a week later, wrecked. Lol. Hubby's side to be fair does have the lube and baseball bat and a loaded Beretta, but also our sides mirror each other matching tables, lamps phone stand thingies (I had his dad make them for us for Xmas one year) I have a Machete on my side and a loaded 9mm.
are all these people really young? and where tf they live that they need bats? And that one room is so dirty and gross, there's no way there's a woman's side.
A bit sexist??? I know filthy women and super clean men.
Load More Replies... Guarantee the majority of women that took these pics would have tidied their side of the bed before taking the photos 😂
I keep every thing of mine tidy but I know a lot of women would do what you said!
Load More Replies... My thoughts exactly. Strange and sad living in a World where it feels mandatory to keep a bat beside your bed....
Load More Replies... Why do none of these people have matching side tables on either side of the bed? That would drive me nuts
And also, no bedside lamps. I suppose some could be mounted on the walls, but ... I think I only saw one that had any kind of light source.
Load More Replies... I learned people are nasty and should replace their rugs. Also, if you need 2 assault rifles next to you while you sleep you may need to reflect on your decisions in life.
Omg. I thought the bat was for protection in case someone breaks in the house but this comment led my mind to a totally different scenario. Well to clear that image, maybe they will lube the burglar after batting for easy removal.
Load More Replies... Where the hell do these people live that they require baseball bats, daggers, and guns by their bedsides?
It's not about requiring them, it's about having them.
Load More Replies... Is anyone wondering if that big jug of yellow liquid is that dude's pee bottle? Sorry, but it looks like that and I know dudes that do that
From the style of the bottle I assumed it was some sort of electrolyte drink concoction, but now I'm not so sure.
Load More Replies... Pic #9, right side, light blue. Probably shoulda put a thing or two away before taking that pic.
Oh yeah..... I didn't see that until I read your comment.
Load More Replies... Who the F keeps a baseball bat / knife / machine gun by the side of their beds!!?? Is this a 'Murica' thing? Or do too many people live in really unsafe neighbourhoods? I used to have drug dealers living right above me, and I didn't keep a weapon by my bed - I just left them alone, and they left me alone.
Honestly it seems more of an SA thing than anywhere else but I’m pretty sure these are people using these objects in photos to project masculinity
Load More Replies... I don't think I've ever seen this much macho bullshit in 1 post before...
Thank you! It’s so contrived too, and everyone fell for it
Load More Replies... Do they not have locks on their doors? Freaking bats and weapons like crazy people, f****d up... It must be awful to live in such fear
“Hi my boyfriend is a man child, isn’t it endearing?” You’re dating a grown man, he can keep a normal tidy nightstand.
Yeah...and the assault rifles, dagger, and crowbar as well. I really wonder where in the world these people live or if having a weapon by your beside instantly increase your MANLINESS levels.
Load More Replies... In Germany nobody have weapons beside the bed. This is very , very strange for me...
I'm from the middle of America and cheese almighty I've never seen this either. No guns. No bats. I mean, I don't go wandering into other people's bedrooms, but people don't always close doors either and you get to see some "interesting" things, but never weapons. Well, fighting weapons, but I've seen some sexual items that look like weapons.
Load More Replies... same sex couple here...and our sides of the bed are the same as his vs hers side...just saying
What's this really trying to say...women are more..eat,pray,love...and men are more baseball and lube ( er..hopefully not used together..not that there is anything wrong with that).
Exactly. Fake, dumb, extreme gender role BS
Load More Replies... so glad to be single! married for 32 yrs. the man never used a hamper with consistently. eventually started leaving all his dirty clothes on his side of bed & i stopped picking them up come wash day. didn't complain until he ran out of underwear & i told him if not in the hamper, not getting washed. he'd get better for a while then backslide into being messy. eventually stopped when he bought me a puppy & she liked to leave 'presents' in his laundry. should have taken the hint then as if a dog is literally telling you for the poops then they are aware of something you aren't.
Im.really shocked how many people have gross/messy living standards being the norm
I’ve been a realtor and property manager and I’ve been in literally thousands of households and it’s shocking how common it is for people to be messy. Especially “white” people. Their houses were rarely clean, always shoes and kids crap everywhere.
Load More Replies... What I learned today is I need to buy a bat and leave lube out in open.
I like that most guys are ready to protect their home... but it is also scary that they have to
i have a drawyer with clothes, a night stand, a whole table so i can put makeup while sitting on the bed, a smaller drawyer under the table which i pull out to put my mirror on. My bf has a charger outlet. that's literally all xD he doesn't even have a night stand he puts his phone on the floor xD
Mine side has laundry and a huge pile of books, my hubby's is neat with chargers and a nicely decorated bookcase.
I think this venting by some and not necessarily typical. In our relationship I am the slob concerning caos-but he sees no purpose in dusting.
You never know.......if you will get the midnight munchies and want a meat sandwich at night.
Load More Replies... Why would anybody keep a baseball bat next to the bed in the first place?
I like that many people didn’t have matching bedside tables, makes me feel less alone hahaha. I am quite surprised at how many people actually keep baseball bats by their bedside.
don't people buy matching nightstands. are my husband and I really that weird?
I have a percussion massager by my bed. I make strange sounds when using it to persuade my muscles to let me move. The neighbours think I'm having fun. It could probably kill someone if I hit them with it (even the lightweight ones are heavy). No need of a dedicated weapon for defending myself
Most of them can be summed up with "f**k nightstands"
It would be a little bit more believable if the Ruth Bader Ginsburg book was opened at least once. Not a single crease.
What's up with all the baseball bats?! Is this a thing among US males? :D
girls some of y'all laugh at the simps and say you want the bad boys but we all know we just want a man to feed us and brush our hair and care for us and let us do the same for them
I'm a single woman...the side I favor has a combination of the two...pretty stuff, stacks of stuff, and a rifle...the other side has my dogs stuff and an area where the cats can sit to look out the window.
This is partly why I'm glad I am single. Don't have to worry about anyone's side of the bed but my own.
I like to be able to nab whatever I need in/off my nightstand without opening an eye. That's why things are assigned a spot. Books, glasses, phone, lamp switch (separate from lamp), gun, vibrator... Don't want to be grabbing the wrong thing at the wrong time.
Love all the guns and bats 😆 I have a bat by mine and I'm a woman lol.
Mine always has a bottle of water, a roll of toilet paper and lunch box of medicine (headaches, stomach aches, allergies, asthma, etc)
In most of these pictures, the man’s side of the bed doesn’t even have a bedside table, which isn’t wry fair. No table means they have to put their stuff on the floor. I somehow think if they did then at least some of them would put their stuff in/on it. Some. Not all.
Woah! There's the normal side of the bed and then there's the men's with mostly no sidetable and probably a baseball bat, knife or gun. First, it worries me that (American?) men need these things but secondly, why do they take them into the bedroom? Also it took me quite a while to realise why lube is such a thing for them, in my country no one is circumcised so no need for it. I don't think I like the thought that they are all 'cut' for no reason..
Meh I sleep right next to the desk so no putting stuff on floor or anything for me
This was a nice article but I wish it would be possible to comment under every photo. I really enjoy reading the comments sometimes.
Maybe he didn't have a baseball bat like the rest of them?
Load More Replies... The one with all the stuffed animals compared to an adult male's side looked like it's from Lolita. Pink and blue plush are only sexy to a select group.
A commonality of the male side of the bed seems to be a lack of a table. Why? Do you not buy a matching pair of tables/cupboards/etc? Also the number of weapons is truly frightening!
this is hilarious. My side is the messy one, No shame in my game. I clean it and it looks amazing and a week later, wrecked. Lol. Hubby's side to be fair does have the lube and baseball bat and a loaded Beretta, but also our sides mirror each other matching tables, lamps phone stand thingies (I had his dad make them for us for Xmas one year) I have a Machete on my side and a loaded 9mm.
are all these people really young? and where tf they live that they need bats? And that one room is so dirty and gross, there's no way there's a woman's side.
A bit sexist??? I know filthy women and super clean men.
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