tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699209633460837182.post5065252648070428300..comments2023-11-23T03:26:19.410-05:00Comments on Bonnie and Clyde History: Debunking Bonnie & Clyde Sexual Rumors-- A B&CHB Challenge "Again".A. Winston Woodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18305418204334632255noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699209633460837182.post-10850967495404211482010-06-08T17:34:08.361-04:002010-06-08T17:34:08.361-04:00Wow, this is a very old post on which to leave a c...Wow, this is a very old post on which to leave a comment, but then again, I'm not necessarily reading everything chronologically!<br /><br />It doesn't strike me as "unusual" that W.D. might not have liked to sleep alone - I'm not sure exactly how many family members W.D. might have had, but back in those days among the poorer folks, it wasn't unusual at all for people to share bedrooms with others, or even to share beds! <br /><br />I'll use my mom's family as an example - there were 11 kids and two adults living in a four-room house with a dog-run(open hallway with a roof) with the kitchen in back; two bedrooms on one side of the dog-run and a good-sized family room on the other side. My mom and her sisters slept in one bedroom; her brothers slept in the other, and her parents (along with smaller children) slept behind a screen in the family room. When it was hot, sometimes the boys would sleep in the dog-leg. Any relative who dropped by to spend some time would be either given a roll-away bed in the family room or, if a youngster, tucked away into one of the bedrooms according to their gender. This wasn't at all unusual for that place and time - most people shared at least a room with one other person, and quite a few people shared beds!<br /><br />It may be that W.D., if he grew up in a similar setting, may have been so used to sleeping with other people nearby that he had a hard time getting to sleep without being in the same room with someone else! <br /> <br />Maybe some people find it odd that a sexually-active couple would be willing to have someone else sleeping in the room with them, but back then it was pretty common for married people to share their rooms (and sometimes beds) with children or visiting relatives; sometimes I wonder how my grandparents and others of their era managed to HAVE so many babies, given their relative lack of privacy!<br /><br />(I have personally been tucked into bed with 3 other cousins - the best advice I can give you in a situation like that is to never, EVER let them make you sleep at the foot of the bed.)BarefootOkieGalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482009763166882520noreply@blogger.com