secretlife's tags:
Ok, call me nosey.
 
I want to know (at least) one item that you keep in the nightstand or dresser closest to your side of the bed.
 
 
My top nightstand drawer always has the current book i'm reading - right now it's Sleeping Beauty, by Anne Rice.  I also keep a couple of candle sticks, some matches,and a roll of tums.  Lastly, there's a small square pink & white coral jewelry box where i keep my earrings.
 
Your turn.


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  • dailyachesandpains said on Apr 13, 2007....
    I'm going to be totally lame and tell you I keep cough drops in my night stand.  I also have Mickey Mouse white glove drink coasters from when I went to Disney with my Niece when she was little!  I have magazines/catalogs that I can't part with in the bigger bottom drawer. 
     
    Daily
  • mystrongopinions said on Apr 13, 2007....
    My night table is a mess.....I have photos in the
    drawer that I've not put in albums just yet...
    On the top are my earrings, wedding band and
    watch...and whatever my kids felt like leaving
    behind...today it's a ball of play dough, several
    colors together looks like a rainbow rock....
  • secretlife said on Apr 13, 2007....
    LOL...well i don't think that's so lame...i was actually trying to remember if i'd moved the cough drops back to the bathroom closet or had them in the drawer too...the tums i keep there because my husband is addicted to tums!
     
    Of all my dresser drawers, the ones next to my bed seem to have no rhyme or reason for the things in there...i was just trying to see if everyone had random things right next to their bed too!
  • wombat said on Apr 13, 2007....
    Hubby gripes constantly!  I have my books, my ashtray, stuff for snoring, yesterday's socks, DVD's I mean to watch, cold medicine, a small teddy bear (who got booted out by my Valentine's Day Bear, who sleeps with me now) a photo of my son, a flashlight, and probably a few crumbs I have swept off the bed from meals I eat there!  He has learned not to look under the bed!
  • secretlife said on Apr 13, 2007....
    LOL i was reading about the stump while you wre here wombat!
  • mobil said on Apr 13, 2007....
    I have a box of altoids, a 357mag. pistol and a glass of water, ice water.
    weird huh?............thanks SL.
  • wombat said on Apr 13, 2007....
    secretlife:  Ha Ha.  I just answered.  Not too well, though.  I am thinking about that stump, and hubby has gone to MA on his job.....
  • wombat said on Apr 13, 2007....
    mobil:  Well, we knew you were curiously strong....
  • beyondtheveil said on Apr 13, 2007....
    secret- By my bed there are loads of make-up and a curling iron. That's because my wife's vanity is by my side. She has the night stand. I have the headboard of the bed with a shelf. It has tums and a tv remote and thats all. I don't read in bed, but watch tv. You know, I didn't notice until you asked. She has both sides of the bed and three fourths of the headboard. There is something wrong here.
  • queenparanoia said on Apr 13, 2007....
    well my night stand is also my underware closet. so there's my panties, bras, socks and on the bottom drawer some school supplies...
     
    mobil you have a gun???
  • gingersoul said on Apr 13, 2007....

    Secret........one of the advantages of sleeping alone is that now i have TWO nightstands....lol........

    so on the one on my right i have the lamp, the alarm clock, a vase with dried lavender flowers, a frame with my daughter picture and the books i read (right now  Kurt Vonnegut  "A man without a country" and "I love you like a tomato" by Marie Giordano).

    The other nightstand has a pretty big mirror, a threearms  iron candleholder with jasmine candles, other books and magazines...

    Satisfied, nosey girl?...LOL. 

  • wombat said on Apr 13, 2007....
    beyondtheveil:  Poor guy.  I am taking up most of the sink space in the bathroom, too.  He complains about that, also.....  I would say, assert yourself, but I don't want to lose my space for my perfume, hairspray, and gel....
  • silent_wisp said on Apr 13, 2007....
    My night table has on it are: incense (lavender scent), picture of me, book that I totally forgot to noticed once in a while, my trusty alarm clock to remind that I am late in the morning. and
  • wombat said on Apr 13, 2007....
    Forgot my alarm clock!  Thanks silent wisp!!!!  (must brush off the crumbs...)
  • TinSoldier said on Apr 13, 2007....
    Hmm. A lamp. My Tums. A cup of water. My alarm clock. Some random books that I've read or am not reading. Dust.
  • wombat said on Apr 13, 2007....
    secretlife:  I am not authorized to view this page.  I have somewhat noticed before, and mentioned it somewhere, but now will say, I am sorry if I need to.  I have been commenting on your posts anwyay.
  • TinSoldier said on Apr 13, 2007....
    Oh, I forgot to mention: My bedside table is actually an old sewing machine table. I thought that was significant.
  • allaroundgirl said on Apr 14, 2007....
    Oh god my nightstand is a mess right now. I've got a lamp, a scented candle that has never been lit, a framed picture of my boyfriend, many pairs of earrings that I've taken off during the week, a lipstick and uuuummm a coat of dust...lol...I guess I need to clean up a bit.
  • TinSoldier said on Apr 14, 2007....
    allaround: I feel better that I'm not the only one who keeps dust around for the ambiance.
  • polarheart said on Apr 14, 2007....
    Hi Secret!
     
    My bedside drawers contain mostly underwear - bottom drawer bras, top drawer panties (known as knickers here in the UK) and pajamas.  My other must haves in my top drawer are my nose drops and a small reading lamp that clamps onto books.  On top of the nightstand is a box of tissues and my digital alarm clock. 
     
    Everyone else's nightstand sound so much more interesting than mine - LOL.  Something I have noticed is how many people must suffer from heartburn since a lot have Tums by the side of their beds!
     
    Polar x
  • hunter_boyce_chandler said on Apr 14, 2007....

    What a nosey woman you are.

    On my side I keep an assortment of pocket knives, laser pointers, the heart shaped loose change box and three clickers that control the flat screen, cable box and high definition DVD player.

    On her side is the tube of Anal Ease, an assortment of vibrators, cock rings, message oils, something called Head Ointment, an assortment of heated and unheated versions of KY Jelly, and a very bouncy jelly filled phallus of intimidating proportions.

     HBC

  • ShudderBug said on Apr 14, 2007....
    I don't have a nightstand, just a table. I live in an RV and sleep on the dining room couch. On the table are all kinds of receipts I haven't thrown away,  a ton on dvds that need put away, a big tv and dvd player.
  • moonriver said on Apr 14, 2007....
    my bedside is plain, almost bare like a monastery cubicle. two big clothes bins double as table and nighstand. table lamp. a few books. currently, fancies and goodnights (a collection of lunatica by john collier), the story (a collection of essays on writing the short story), a book on austronesian linguistics, a stack of artist sketchbooks. cellphone that doubles as alarm clock. a portable radio with AM-FM and 12-band SW (made in china, bought in china, wan sui zhong guo renmin!) a utility pack containing a flashlight, nicad batteries and recharger, swiss knife. no meds.

  • hotaka said on Apr 14, 2007....
    Sorry secret, no secrets here. I don't have a nightstand, not even the one night kind.

    My futon is on the floor and I put my cell phone next to it because its alarm wakes me up in the morning. It's as simple as that. Sometimes I keep a condom beside me though in case my gf is in the mood. :D

    {laughing at HBC}
  • secretlife said on Apr 14, 2007....
    mystrong:  you made me smile over the play dough ball....my drawer used to contain dried up playdough on occasion too...
     
    thank you for making my mish/'mash seem tame.
     
    wombat:  you've got the kitchen sink in that drawer!!!! yesterdays socks huh?  LOL...i feel like i'm sneaking a peek....gosh i remember when i first came here someone had a post asking if we'd ever been at a party and sneaked a peek into the host's medicine cabinet!  I was one of only a few who said i'd done that...and now, i'm doing it to all of you looking in your nightstands!
     
    mobil:  which part do you think is weird?  the ice water?  what flavor are those altoids...hmmmm i wrote a post on some creative things you can do with those....LOL
     
    wombat: he IS curiously strong...
     
    beyond:  you're cracking me up! her vanity is by your side ...LOL.
    i think if you don't use the space in the drawers or the shelves after a fair period of time has passed (15 minutes or so), then it's fair game....which could explain why it appears she has an unequal share...
    too funny!
     
    queen:  i keep my 'everyday' underwear in my main dresser...and special underwear in a drawer in my closet...
     
    ging:  as you so artfully point out, there's a bright side to every situation...lol yes, you have 2 nightstands now!
    i'd just like to point out that there are men out there (beyond, take a bow here, will ya?) who will glady (and sometimes unknowingly) give up the majority of their space for you...ahhh love.
     
    you should know that nothing satisfies my curiostity!  that's why i'm always in trouble...
  • secretlife said on Apr 14, 2007....
    silent:  everything seems nice & tidy at your house...you have lavendar in commond with ginger...it's supposed to help you sleep...
     
    wombat:  i don't know why you get the 'not authorized' message, but i've seen it and gotten it on a few pages myself.  it's nothing personal...i promise.
     
    tin:  what happened to the sewing machine part?  and dust?  ummmm yes, i have dust too....you, me and allaround have dust...wombat has crumbs!
     
    allaround: i actually dusted my furniture last friday because i was having company Easter...i dust downstairs every week (my mom used to dust every single day!)...my upstairs is always dusty!
     
    polar:  you and queenie use your bedside dresser for underwear..you have that in common.  Yes, an awful lot of us have tums in our drawers!   my daughter has one of those clamp reading lights....
     
    hunter:  yes, i know i'm shameless.
    i'm shameless, and you're FRESH!
     
    ok, first, what do you do with laser pointers??
    2nd, 3 clickers?  you need a universal remote!  but it makes for a pretty funny image of a fellow lying propped up on his pillows with 3 switchers lined up on his tummy...LOL...gives new meaning to the term 'armed and dangerous'!
     
    what can a nosey woman like me say about your wife's dresser?  Paydirt!
    I just KNEW someone in here would have sex paraphanalia hidden in their nightstand! 
    I started reading that and got to Anal Ease....i read it 3 times back and forth...
    Anal Ease
    Ease Anal
    Anal Ease
    before thinking...'poor woman must have hemorrhoids!..
    ok, so i'm slow....
    it sounds to me like you guys have an interesting sex life HB.
     
    shudder:  hi...saw your first post last night.
    don't you just hate putting dvd's back in their cases?
    that's a weekly job for my kids...to put them back.
     
    moon:  i have no trouble imagining you in simple surroundings.  your book collection sounds interesting...austronesian linguistics...that's a mouthful!
     
    hot:  you're surroundings are even more monastic than moons!
    where do you put your wallet?  i thought one of the men would say that they place their wallet on their night stand....
     
    yes, that HBC is a regular card, isn't he?
  • biglove said on Apr 14, 2007....
    Hi SL....my bedside table has some candles, a water pipe, lighter and a small wooden box filled with "tobacco". I just recently put away my toy rabbit ;>
     
    SL...are you a fan of Anne Rice or is this your first book? She is one of my favorites and the Sleeping Beauty books are HOT!!!
  • missb said on Apr 14, 2007....
    SL,
    I don't really have a nightstand in my new place. I only have some kind of a mantelpiece as my bed head. I have candles, my body lotion and the book i'm reading; alice sebold's lucky on it :)

    Cheers!


  • secretlife said on Apr 14, 2007....
    biglove: hi..a water pipe huh?  i think i remember them from my youth...but haven't smoked from one in maybe 25 years!
     
    I had read Interview and The Vampire LeStat...
    never knew she wrote erotica til a friend mentioned it to me a month or so ago..
    Yes, this Sleeping Beauty is HOT!
     
    missb:  i read The Lovely Bones ...(so sad) and She's Come Undone...
    Do you like Lucky???  Have you read the others?
     
  • Jenna said on Apr 14, 2007....

    Pretty boring over here.....I just opened mine up.....I swear I have at least thirty books inside mine.....on top....three more books, a bottle of water and chapstick, a candle and a little teddy bear from my daughter that says mom.

    Sooooo boring...lol

  • LadyGamer said on Apr 14, 2007....

    Alarm clock on top.

    Inside; condoms, ink pens, notepads, a paper clip, a macaroni necklace, two old pictures, a bottle of massage oil, and scissors.

     

  • The_Ranting_Logician said on Apr 14, 2007....
    I don't have a night stand but I keep my current book, wallet, Ipod boom box, cellphone, and other assorted items on the half of my bed next to my pillow...I have a queen sized but I dont really use half of it.
  • mommyof2 said on Apr 14, 2007....
    Biglove, it's called a bong here...you sure that's
    tobbacco??
    Secret, you said one thing...it's called a silver tongue devil.
  • gingersoul said on Apr 14, 2007....

    Secret......lol......if you know something i dont know let me know ........i am taking note here....

    Uhmm.......and why did you mention Beyond, btw?

    Ahh curiosity...couldn't agree more.....its the engine of the wold.....:-)  

  • secretlife said on Apr 14, 2007....

    Jenna:  no more boring than mine!

    what shall we buy to put in the drawer to spice it up???

    maybe we need to

     

    LG:  i had a director...he was boss of my dept in the mid 90's...

    he was 52 yrs old and had a 4 yr old son...

    his son made him a maccaroni necklace for father's day, and he wore it to the office for at least a month every single day.  imagine how much he loved his son to do that???

    ranting:  so when you get up, all your stuff gets up too?  i make my bed every day when i get out of it...i'm anal. 

    ginger:  i mentioned our friend, beyond, because he's a good example of a man who is willing to share most of his space...well give most of his space...to his wife.

    i thought you might like to know in case you want to keep both those nightstands....

     

     

  • wombat said on Apr 14, 2007....
    secretlife:  I don't keep my dirty socks in a drawer--just take them off at bed time and sort of "toss" them till the next day when I put them in the hamper.  Don't want you all to thing I am a complete pig.  Ha!
  • secretlife said on Apr 14, 2007....
    LOL...wombat, my father did that EXACT same thing with his socks!
  • mobil said on Apr 14, 2007....
    Wintergreen and yeah, I read you erotic post on altoids haha. I thought you
    might think it weird to have a pistol on my nightstand silly.......haha
    Thank You Secretlife..................Pffff. ILU
  • gingersoul said on Apr 14, 2007....

    Secret... i forgot to talk about what is INSIDE the nightstands..ok, notebooks, pen, letters, other books, picture albums, some of my articles, folders with documents......and a bottle of orange bodymassage oil....just in case ....LOL...      

    Beyond.....i am officially giving you the whole and undisputed use of my second nightstand........since nobody else is claiming it....:-D

    you would like it..its has three roomy drawers and its painted rusty blue....let me know if you are interested....lol....

     

  • freespirit4u said on Apr 14, 2007....

    OK, you busted me,lol! 

    In the drawer of the night stand are cough drops, breath mints, tissues, and a selection of oils and lubricants.

    Now, behind the sliding panel of my side of the headboard, would be where you'd find my toys, mommie's little helpers, when she needs it, or just desires it.

    J

  • zombied420 said on Apr 14, 2007....
    My hotel drawer has my credit card, some condoms and my English to Japanese dictionary. It also carries my journal collage sketchbook of various countries that, I’ve visited. And something that seems to be vibrating underneath.
  • LadyGamer said on Apr 14, 2007....

    As to the necklace. I have them everywhere. I used to carry one in my purse. Four girls times fourteen years equals a LOT of macaroni jewelery. I think that is sweet that a man wore his son's necklace to work. Not many would.

  • skald said on Apr 14, 2007....
    There is a dairy in mine. All kinds of letters and things. 
  • rightwingwizard said on Apr 14, 2007....
    On my stand there is an alrm clock (unplugged), Lamp (also unplugged), various asthma drugs and leftovers of whatever I happened to be eating just before going to bed (last night it was melted chocolate ice cream).  On the floor in front of the stand would be my shoes & what ever book I am reading at the moment ( I read when I wake in the morning)   We won't even discuss 'under the bed'!
  • secretlife said on Apr 14, 2007....

    free:..LOL oh you're busted huh?

    there's one in every crowd, don't ya know?

    and a secret compartment in your headboard (LOL!!!)  I feel like i've hit the nosey jackpot !!!!

     

    zombie:  the night-table drawer of the  bachelor global traveler...very interesting...

    mobil:  wintergreen are my favorite ones too...yes, i like to put up helpful hints sometimes in my erotica posts...just in case people think they are only frivolous ramblings...LOL

    ginger:  i LOVE orange scent!  anythng cirtus...smells so clean and fresh!

    LG:  mine used to make jewelry out of seashells too...the most beautiful little gold shells...strung together in necklaces.

    skald:  i have a special box in my closet for my diaries and letter. 

    RWW:  how come everything's unplugged?

    and what, pray tell, is under the bed?

     

  • rightwingwizard said on Apr 14, 2007....
    The alarm clock is unplugged because time is unimportant to me these days, the lamp is unplugged to keep me from turning it on in the middle of the night and reading instead of sleeping.
     
    I haven't looked under the bed in some time ( never claimed to me suzzie home maker)  I woud imagine one would find the usual array of under the bed stuff.  Perhaps a treasure or two, who knows?  My dog won't even go under there!  lol
     
    Just what is under there?  Hmmm!
  • truthsayer said on Apr 14, 2007....
    Magazines, my current book, several Bibles (like you are surprised ; ) pens, a dream journal/life journal, kids stuff that I am hiding from them (don't ask ; ), my cell phone, a few other things that I hide in there (won't tell ; ), almonds and chocolate.  Is that enough of a mish-mash to make you feel better? : )
  • truthsayer said on Apr 14, 2007....
    Oh yeah, I keep an electric heater by it too...I am sure you can relate to that!
  • satyr said on Apr 14, 2007....
    it used to be spare lighters, now its some change and occasionally some meds
  • tuktukon said on Apr 15, 2007....
    Ok, secret....i have my holster, shaving cream and shave, a book I am about to finish, Red October, and...oopps...standingby, I nearly sideswiped her, my doll, dolly. Read about her in my new post . Ty,secretlife
  • sexsi_bee said on Apr 15, 2007....
    my dresser is an absolute mess. it has my graduation bear, my old school hat, plenty of jewellery, head bands, hair ties, my ipod charger, pens, receipts and other random crap.
  • biglove said on Apr 15, 2007....
    mommy....it is called a bong here too, but when you go to a store to buy one you have to call it a "water pipe"....and it is the best "tobacco"...has lots of things that are good for you....enriched with vitamine THC ;>
  • secretlife said on Apr 15, 2007....

    rightwing: i try to imagine the days where my clock will be unplugged...i think it must be nice to not care what time it is!

    i made the mistake of getting on my hands and knees to see what was under the bed of my 17 yr old....all's i can say, is never again....

    truth:  yes, you have a better mish-mash than i do!

    and LOL...yes, i can certainly relate to the space heater!

    turk:  yes, i read about your dolly...

    sexsi:  you've got a hodgepodge of your own going in those drawers!

    LOL biglove!

  • missb said on Apr 15, 2007....
    SL,

    No...i haven't read the lovely bones. Gonna get that soon. Lucky is pretty good (i haven't finished reading it). It's actually a memoir of alice sebold. She was raped when she was a college student, so it's really interesting. I love reading memoirs :)

    Cheers!
  • DaydreamDestiny03 said on Apr 15, 2007....
    I have a bunch of papers in my side, actually there is a bunch of papers in both sides.  Its our junk drawers...
  • tbs230 said on Apr 16, 2007....
    winter hats and scarves and gloves...and a 256MB XD disk for my camera...lol, random I know.

    My sign language books, my turtle and fish food (*sniff*)...camera box, and a folder with some odd papers from previous school years.
  • secretlife said on Apr 19, 2007....

    daydream:  my junk drawers are downstairs....but these drawers next to my bed don't have much of theme going on either-

     

    tbs:  lol...oh you have random drawers, huh?  do you speak sign language?

  • tbs230 said on Apr 19, 2007....
    Random doesn't even begin to describe it. I barely open that thing...and it has wheels, so it's moveable...cool no? I took a class in sign language, and that's about it. But I love the culture and wish I could have taken more courses in it. That would have been cool. I can speak body language fluently though, does that sort of count?
  • secretlife said on Apr 19, 2007....
    LOL....you little devil....
  • tbs230 said on Apr 19, 2007....

  • destinydiva said on Nov 28, 2007....
    well I am a superficially tidy person!!!
    so if you came in to my house you would think wow she is tidy!!!
    but!!!!  if you were to open a draw or a cupboard...or look in the garage.....  you'd go hmmmmmm maybe not  :-)

    I actually ran up and checked and here is my bedside drawer contents list :-)

    1 sock    (sons)
    2 soothers (not mine!!) lol
    1 toilet roll (dont ask!!)
    2 candles
    3 magazines all scrunched up
    2 empty cig packets
    4 lighters!!!  (aha  I been searching for one all day!!) :-)
    1 book~ illusions
    3 pictures drawn for me by my kids
    pair of tweezers
    pair of nail clippers
    packet of condoms (full unopened!!) :-)
    3 non matching earrings
    tv remote (I been looking for that for ages too) :-)

    :-) xx


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