Phoenix! you lurker! good to see you again. Hogging the couch is a good idea, and I've already done that. Not real good results. We also have a love seat (short couch) so he just laid down there, or on the floor. He hasn't gone to sleep in our bed unless company was here staying on the couch. One night, way back when, and I got upset about him not coming to bed, I 'demanded' that he get off the couch, and if he wasn't coming to bed then I was sleeping with him. I unfolded the couch into a bed, and we both slept there. Lots of distance in a little space. So, been there, done that. Is it worth another try? Last spring I even removed the couch from the house and it spent the summer in the barn. He slept on the floor all summer. How many words do you know for stubborn?
I drove home tonight with the sunroof open in my truck. Not bad for January 'way up here in da nort country'.
Live your life while you are still living. Riding the trail less traveled.