#11: Don’t Dangle

A sacred bedtime rule is etched into every childhood memory: never let a foot hang off the bed. It’s an open invitation for whatever lurks below to grab, nibble, or drag you into the darkness. So, seeing someone casually dangle a limb like it’s no big deal?

It’s a horror movie waiting to happen. That exposed foot might as well be a five-star buffet for imaginary underbed monsters. Even now, as grown-ups with mortgages and back pain, some of us still believe the blanket is magical armor—and the floor is enemy territory.