Massive debate sparked after man reveals ‘The Yellow Pillow’ to his girlfriend

A bit of a debate has been sparked off after a bloke revealed to his girlfriend the key to him getting the perfect night's sleep, The Yellow Pillow.

Plenty of lads have that one pillow they swear by which has stuck by them thick and thin, yellowed by time and the likely accumulation of several years worth of head sweat without ever being washed once.

It may be extremely grotty, but the veteran pillow holds all the comforting contours which allow its owner to lay their head down and sleep properly.

You'd (hopefully) never expect anyone else to sleep on The Yellow Pillow, but there are those who understand the comforting companion which cushions your cranium in the land of nod.

Then there's people who don't understand why some men are hanging onto a pillow that's curdled yellow and likely extremely disgusting, much less spending a third of their life with their face pressed against it.

A lad who goes by the name of Cam on social media posted a picture of a yellow pillow, saying his girlfriend was 'mad at me' for the revelation but trusting the boys to back him up on how 'magic' The Yellow Pillow really is.

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Cam added that his beloved pillow 'bestows upon me the most peaceful slumber'.

And a veritable army of Yellow Pillow devotees flocked to the replies to back him up, while plenty of sceptics thought the whole thing was disgusting.

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One commented to say they 'legit haven't rested comfortably since' getting rid of their loyal Yellow Pillow, and another said their 'life has been a downward spiral' since they got rid of theirs.

A third chipped in to say that part of being a man was 'using the same pillow since the age of 10 and never washing it'.

While the menfolk of social media were generally in agreement, there were others who thought the whole thing utterly disgusting.

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Someone said the picture of The Yellow Pillow that Cam had posted was 'just like my husband's pillow' and revealed that 'he calls it seasoning' followed up by a vomiting emoji.

While one described it as 'the cast iron pan of being a sleepyhead', there were many who didn't want to stick their head in the cushiony equivalent of a cast iron pan when they slept.

Someone else said: "Men will s**t on women for believing in astrology but then believe they can only sleep because their pillow is f**king nasty."

"If you go to his house and see these leave," another woman wrote, so it's safe to say that The Yellow Pillow isn't quite as appealing to everyone.

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Cam later told NBC News he found the whole debate amusing and that he'd switched out his pillowcase once a year - but his girlfriend has since convinced him to stop using it and it has been safely 'tucked away into storage'.

And anyone wanting to wash their Yellow Pillow will be comforted to know that most of them can go in the washing machine on a gentle cycle, though you should always check the label to make sure your pillow isn't a dry clean job.

Then again, when it comes to The Yellow Pillow, the label is likely so frayed that you'll have no idea what it actually says.

Topics: Weird, Home, Sleep, Social Media

Joe Harker

Joe graduated from the University of Salford with a degree in Journalism and worked for Reach before joining the LADbible Group. When not writing he enjoys the nerdier things in life like painting wargaming miniatures and chatting with other nerds on the internet. He's also spent a few years coaching fencing. Contact him via [email protected]

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