Oh, snugglebuddy for sure.

SnuggleBunny!!

Snuggle dog is what you need

I love my boyfriend very much but I find it easier to sleep alone in bed. ... *sigh* I must be a f***up...

this is untrue. There are all kinds in this world and being of a different sort does NOT make you a fuck up! It makes you special.

Gosh. I never expected replies to this.

I don't know about "special". It makes me... different, let's say. The different that often feels awkward or insufficient when my boyfriend wants to lie next to me and be held, or when I look at pictures of deeply-in-love furries cuddled up against each other oh-so-tenderly in sleep. I know that's all some fantasy bull, but... like so much else, it makes me feel insufficient.

I highly suggest you try what my mate and I do then. For an hour or so before we go to sleep we have cuddle time, then when it's time to sleep we separate, he gets too hot when holding me all night to sleep, so this gives us both what we need without causing any hurt feelings.

That's what my boyfriend and I do, yeah. But he is the want-to-cuddle-during-sleep type. Which makes things awkward.

So am I, and I have to admit there are times when I snuggle up to my mate while he's asleep but it always wakes him up and he's a grump when that happens so I try not to... Still I'm sure you like my mate have other qualities that make you more then desirable as a partner!

No, you aren't messed up. I am in the same position right now. My mate is a bit of a violent sleeper and, with my medical problems, I really can't afford the sleep that his would-be bed conquering antics costs me. Right now, he is sleeping on the couch, where he gets a better night's sleep and I am sleeping in the bed, where I can get a decent night's sleep.

I'm sorry to hear that you have medical issues, and also sorry that your mate's sleep is frequently disturbed to that degree. It can't be fun, it really can't. *offers hug*

No matter how many partners I end up with, the ideal situation would be for each of us to have our own room, with a couple of guest rooms. (I'm poly and open, and so are my boyfriend and our boyfriends --- uh, complicated, sorry.) But yeah. Everybody having their own space is always a good thing, in my opinion.

I do hope your situation improves. *offers hug*

i feel for you. i'm actually cuddle-buddy type of person I'ts easier for me to sleep with someone rather than not, but often i require someone i'm more comfortably able to be intimate with, given i snuggle... comfortably. that often means either spooning with me, or i draped over them in some way.

otherwise, i'm just an insomniac.

And this is the 'Other Use', for large plushies! (to snuggle wif)

Big plush animal! I've got a 30" stuffed wolf that is perfect for that. He was only $35 on Amazon, IIRC.

I have been in that position a few times, I keep two large plushies for those times. These plushies also make excellent, easy to carry pillows when traveling (favorite traveling trick, tie the two plushies together with a pair of pajama pants and throw them over my shoulder). Otherwise they sit on my bed and look cute.

Is snuggle buddy platonic? Shame no snuggle rental like they do in Japan and korea.