How long has it been since you last spent the night sleeping next to someone else?

My friend, a rather cantankerous character, has not slept next to someone for a night in sixteen years. He means sleep, cuddling and non-sexual things. He’s been in bed with women, but he hasn’t just slept with them in a very long time. He longs for that. It’s more important to him than sex.

He’s quite abrasive, and an equal opportunity insulter. He can be very charming, but if he doesn’t like something, he gets quite aggressive, verbally speaking. He never lets good sense or even self-interest get in the way of his verbal jabs and caustic wit. That’s why it’s been so long for him. He doesn’t think he ever will sleep with someone that way, again.

If it’s been a long time for you, why is that?