Husband snoring

See GP, get a sleep clinic referral. They'll test for sleep apnoa - it's done at home, they send out the equipment to do the tests, and if he has sleep apnoa he'll be given a CPAP machine which will 1) Cut out snoring IMMEDIATELY 2) Make him feel more rested 3) help him lose weight.
Sleep apnoa can be caused by being overweight but also makes it hard to lose weight...

I have tried lots of different earplugs but these are the only ones I have found to be effective and quite comfortable -see earlier picture. Sometimes I only put one in the ear that is not on the pillow! I have cut the long tail off as it was annoying and can still take them out easily. I used to dread sharing a room on holiday because of the snoring- which was very loud but with these it’s fine.

I totally understand. Separate rooms are the only solution unless he goes to the doctor. Mine won't.

Holidays are rare and when we do go away we need to rent a property and have separate rooms.

I feel for you. I've worn ear plugs for the last 20 years of our 26 years together. The noise my OH made was unreal. I got hysterical through lack of sleep and after intolerable sleepless nights I told him during a serious heart to heart that if he didn't do something about it, we would have to separate. Up until then he'd just laugh it off but when he saw how serious I was, he knew he had no choice. Being peri-menopausal didn't help but I just couldn't cope with the lack of sleep. Even with earplugs, he'd wake me up countless times every night. Going on holiday was embarrassing as everyone in nearby rooms or cabins could hear it. The kids partners were agog at the noises he would make. All so embarrassing. He tried a mouth guard, from boots which he used for years but this wouldn't last very long but then he found a mouth guard called somnowell and yeah, it cost a fortune but it saved our marriage. That sounds dramatic but that's what 26 years of sleep deprivation did. 🤷‍♀️ I really feel for you. Your partner really needs to understand how detrimental sleep deprivation can be

So they completely block noise ? Are they speakers too ? Just looking at a refurbed pair on the Bose website.

My other half's snoring increased over the years with his waistline, eventually 12 months ago i was sleeping on the sofa downstairs every night and could still hear him, I recorded it and emailed the recording to him. Told him he was a selfish git and to get it sorted. Not my finest hour but then I was chronically sleep deprived.

He went to the GP, long story short was diagnosed with severe sleep apnea and was stopping breathing 35 times a minute. Now has a CPAP, he has to use it as the lab reports acceptable levels of use to DVLA in order for him to keep his licence. He was furious and went on for weeks about how he was 'doing this for me and I'd never even thanked him'....until i got snappy and pointed out that no, he was doing it to stop himself from dying in his sleep. He hasn't mentioned it since....and i get to sleep in peace.

I've bought the Bose Sleepbuds and they've absolutely changed my life. After 2 years of not being able to sleep in the same bed as my DH I can now spend the whole night in our bed together.
I was dubious about them working but they came with a 90 days no quibble guarantee so I thought I'd give them a go even though they were expensive (£225)
I have them set on rumble which is a rain and thunder setting. They're the best thing I've ever bought!

Comfortable sofa bed in your living room and a mouth guard (but from the dentist, not Amazon). You have my sympathies!

Orange foam earplugs. Ebay and cheap

Sleep apnoea can kill you. As well as it being selfish, not going to a sleep clinic and getting it treated is idiotic. You don't ignore chronic snoring.

Oh wow! Do they come in different sizes ?

My wife snores, really loudly, and she is always sleeping before me so I always hear it. It’s really really irritating. Sometimes I sleep in a spare room. I would never give her an ultimatum though. I think that’s a bit harsh. She can’t help it, I’m sure if she could, she would.

I pull my DPs pillow hard towards me so his neck twists. He finds it unpleasant, as I do his snoring.

Or sometimes I just stare at him, he often wakes up pretty quickly when I do this but he always asks why I'm staring at him like he doesn't know he's snoring. Which makes me want to punch him in his face. (I'm not a violent person and have never punched anyone)

When I bring it up with him he also tells me I snore, which I probably do sometimes but as he's not resorted to waking me up and asking me to stop I'm assuming it's nowhere near as bad as his storing. I've tried to record it in the past but it never comes out in the recording so if anyone can advise me how I'd be grateful.

Agree these earplugs are amazing!! DH snores when he gets over 13 stone so he knows to do something about it when he gets to that stage, he also uses a mouth guard he got from the hospital that pushes his jaw forward slightly! I feel your pain, it’s like torture!!

I bought one from Amazon, it made no difference to him. The strips to go across the nose didn't work, either.

I can relate to this entirely. My husband's snoring is so very bad that when we've been on holiday, people in the next hotel room have danged on the walls! He's asleep quicker than 5 minutes after he gets into bed, and snores like a constipated warthog, no matter what position he's in. I've pulled his hair, pinched him, put the light on, nothing works because he gets to sleep straightaway again. He needs to lose weight, doesn't even try to.

He sleeps in the spare room (I can still hear him but it's not right near my face). When anyone stays with us, they have the spare room, and my husband sleeps on an air mattress downstairs!

My husband has always been a snorer but the last few years have gotten progressively worse. If I don't fall asleep before him it is awful to try and get to sleep with. He then randomly ordered a pillow from Amazon for reasons other than his snoring but it has made a dramatic improvement. Completely accidental but it was worth every single penny: HOMCA Contour Memory Foam Pillow Orthopedic Cervical Pillows for Sleeping, Ergonomic Neck Pillow for Side Back and Stomach Sleepers, with Washable Cover amzn.eu/d/ev976R4

@BetaMom yes have used the mosquito clicker- he was furious, but did change position and stopped snoring for a while. He couldn’t really argue about me waking him up

These ear plugs are brilliant! Block out husbands snoring and I no longer lay there worrying about it starting!

I have to live through this too so completely empathise. Does anyone have recommendations for good earplugs that actually work?

I've recently bought a snoozeband and play white noise, next step is earplugs.

so i had this issue, i have foam ear plugs, I can still hear speech, but it’s like he doesn’t snore any more, it’s fantastic. I’d thoroughly recommend,