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Denninmi

(6,581 posts) Sun Feb 19, 2012, 10:26 PM Feb 2012

I'm a really big fan of sleeping with a ... [View all]

...fan. I got used to this many years ago in the summers, when I was a child, and we hadn't had air conditioning installed yet. I just got used to the moving air. It seems so refreshing. Lack of moving air seems "stagnant" to me.

Honestly, I can't go to sleep without a fan running. I often wake up in the night and turn it off if I'm cold, but even if its chilly in the evenings, I need the fan, I just pile on blankets.

Weird, huh?

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I'm a really big fan of sleeping with a ... [View all] Denninmi Feb 2012 OP

if you're weird i'm weird. i'm the same way. elana i am Feb 2012 #1

I like the sound of the fan when I'm sleeping. muddrunner17 Feb 2012 #2

I'm weird right along with you... one_voice Feb 2012 #3

I do that too... got used to doing so to keep a hot pup happy, but now I can't sleep without it. hlthe2b Feb 2012 #4

I have the same...er...issue. nolabear Feb 2012 #5

My ceiling fan stays on all night all year long Major Nikon Feb 2012 #6

My son is the same. Uses a blanket ChazII Feb 2012 #7

I have a small floor fan in emilyg Feb 2012 #8

I aboslutely cannot sleep without background "white noise" Populist_Prole Feb 2012 #9

SO weird! sunyoyo Feb 2012 #10

I had a friend who was a hemophiliac PuffedMica Feb 2012 #11

I heard rock stars dio that all the time DFW Feb 2012 #12

I actually thought you were a big fan of actors and musicians sleeping with groupies... MiddleFingerMom Feb 2012 #13

I once visited Graceland not realizing it was Elvis' birthday. nolabear Feb 2012 #18

hot flashes + ceiling fans n/t irisblue Feb 2012 #14

For me it's a television. UnrepentantLiberal Feb 2012 #15

Same here. femmocrat Feb 2012 #17

I was geared up to answer "dog" (I love snuggling to sleep with them) but yes, I'm a fan girl too nt riderinthestorm Feb 2012 #16

Had an big deco style unionworks Feb 2012 #19