When ktspktsp and I arrived in Iceland, we received a wedding gift from my grandmother. We got two single down comforters, two single duvet covers, two single flat sheets, and two pillows.
I had no idea what to make of it, at the time. Was this her key to marital happiness, so that we would never fight over the covers?
Then, after some trips to IKEA and seeing other people's bedrooms, we realized that in Iceland EVERY couple does it this way. Nobody "shares" comforters, and many people actually have two single beds pushed together. I had very rarely seen this in the US, and ktspktsp and I have no desire to sleep that way. We love having one blanket over us both, especially when snuggling before sleep, and we rarely fight over the covers (if so, it's done gently).
So we ended up buying an American-type bed, bit bigger than a queen, with one blanket and sheet set, etc. We're saving grandma's gift for visiting guests, who will sleep on the spare (smaller) mattress.
I am just wondering, though, if other couples do this two-bed, two-comforter thing... or if it's just Icelanders. Maybe they have it right, and it IS the key to marital bliss
but I'm curious what y'all think.