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Beanz2022 · 07/07/2024 21:41

Right I need to get this out on Mumsnet as I feel it’s the only place I get fair opinions.

been with husband 8 years? Married 2. He’s ALWAYS been a heavy snorer to the point we can’t sleep in the same bed ( despite me asking him most days to go to a doctor or go private to see if anything can be done, or if there is a route cause) he if ignores me and carries on snoring.

it clearly has affected our relationship (hence the none sleeping together) yet he doesn’t see a problem, in fact - he complains at me for not wanting to sleep next to him, and then makes it a me problem.

anyway - we have moved into a new house in the last year and he (for context) has always been a video gamer so likes to stay up till all hours in the morning playing games downstairs, he then falls asleep and starts snoring - waking me up in the process at around 3am every single fucking morning, meaning I’m having to get out of bed - shout downstairs to GO TO BED!!!! I then can’t get back to sleep ( I have to be up early to do a full time job and the school run)

he still doesn’t see an issue here and continues to do it.

please help! I’m at my wits end, ready to walk out - also he’s 47 years old, and I am 35.

OP posts:
Restinggoddess · 07/07/2024 21:56

Have you tried recording him?

I found that useful for DH to understand
Also helped when visitors mentioned they could hear him through the wall

There was also a program about sleep apnea and how it affects the brain - gave him a jolt

You have my sympathy

Beanz2022 · 07/07/2024 21:55

TwattyMcFuckFace · 07/07/2024 21:52

It sounds like him not getting enough sleep isn't helping the situation.

If he's up all night playing games, what time does he have to get up for work?

Either way he's being very selfish, to not at least try to get help.

Hey! He does shifts, and fortunately for him the late night video gaming doesn’t affect his job.

but is affecting my sleep and I’m miserable. You are right he is being so selfish, and really
doesnt seem to care to change it or get some help.

OP posts:
TwattyMcFuckFace · 07/07/2024 21:52

It sounds like him not getting enough sleep isn't helping the situation.

If he's up all night playing games, what time does he have to get up for work?

Either way he's being very selfish, to not at least try to get help.

Beanz2022 · 07/07/2024 21:48

Miley1967 · 07/07/2024 21:46

So are you sleeping in a downstairs room too ? I do sympathies as my dh is a terrible snorer too, I can often hear him from another room or through the ceiling . It can put a strain on a marriage. We always end up falling out on holidays abroad as I just don't get any sleep. If we go away in the Uk we have to book a lodge or caravan that has enough bedrooms for us to sleep separately. It is so annoying. My dh has bad asthma and something wrong with his jaw which he cannot have surgery on without it being risky so it is something we just have to put up with and work around as best we can.
You are young though op and it's a long future ahead putting up with this if he won't do anything about it.

Edited

Hey! Thank you for responding x

no I’m upstairs in my bed, and I can hear him all the way downstairs.. he’s that loud. ☹️

OP posts:
Miley1967 · 07/07/2024 21:46

So are you sleeping in a downstairs room too ? I do sympathies as my dh is a terrible snorer too, I can often hear him from another room or through the ceiling . It can put a strain on a marriage. We always end up falling out on holidays abroad as I just don't get any sleep. If we go away in the Uk we have to book a lodge or caravan that has enough bedrooms for us to sleep separately. It is so annoying. My dh has bad asthma and something wrong with his jaw which he cannot have surgery on without it being risky so it is something we just have to put up with and work around as best we can.
You are young though op and it's a long future ahead putting up with this if he won't do anything about it.