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Would you have your own bedroom if you had space

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spanieleyes22 · 03/09/2024 23:42

So a friend of friend is moving house and she has said that the main bedroom which is en suite and has a teeny balcony is going to be her room. She's having a dressing table and fitted wardrobes and the bathroom is hers alone. Her husband is taking a bedroom across the landing next to one of her sons and is sharing a bathroom with him. (Other children are up on next floor).

Would you if you could 🤣

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PeloMom · 04/09/2024 06:20

I do. Sleep is so much better and is nice to have my own space.

lololulu · 04/09/2024 05:46

Yes. My husband sleeps on the sofa a lot and also works away. I'm used to having my own bed.

RickiRaccoon · 04/09/2024 05:34

My husband wouldn't like it but I kind of would. I'd like to be able to switch on a light if I get up in the middle of the night or morning without him crying out rather than me stumbling around in the dark. Also, nice to have a bit more of my own schedule.

PivotPivotmakingmargaritas · 04/09/2024 05:13

Yes I do I love it - no snorer waking me up and I don’t wake him up with my insomnia and then we split nights with the baby monitor so both get chunks of sleep

Id love ( in my dream house never going to happen house - bedrooms like the queen had in the crown bedrooms joined by a living shared space but the ability to have your own space … together not together

timetodecide2345 · 04/09/2024 05:03

Yes I do. I'm just decorating it at the moment but when it's finished it's mine all mine. I snore so it's the best way to maximise our sleep quality.

RawBloomers · 04/09/2024 04:57

I have my own room. DH has the main bedroom which has room for his office set up for wfh, his hobby, and a lounge area and an en suite. We spend most of our evening there together and when one of us wants to sleep or have some space I go to my room which has my hobby set up in one corner. I use the en suite if DH isn’t sleeping and the family bath if he is.

Not super keen on the bathroom situation, would really like my own ensuite, but absolutely love having my own room.

KateMiskin · 04/09/2024 04:56

Yes, absolutely.

Flatandhappy · 04/09/2024 04:55

No, although I decamp to the spare room if DH snores too much BUT my dream is separate bathrooms. We have just come back from a month overseas and there were two bedrooms with ensuites so I used the one in our bedroom and he used the other. Bliss.

Ponderingwindow · 04/09/2024 04:32

I like sharing a bedroom.

my dream house has 2 en-suites for the master bedroom and separate closets.

Seashor · 04/09/2024 04:31

We have this set up although we do have nights together as well. We both have different sleeping patterns and a few health issues and sleep is scared. It really works for us.

OutrageousImmoral · 04/09/2024 04:27

Already do as married to a snorer.

Yerroblemom1923 · 04/09/2024 04:26

Yes, I already do. I need my private space. I don't like the mattress in my husband's room. It's too soft so we end up rolling together and I don't really want to touch him.
It's lovely one poster said she and her husband like cuddling to sleep etc. I guess I'm just over all that.

wereofftobuttonmoonbebacksoon · 04/09/2024 04:02

I'd have my own room with wall to ceiling book shelves, a comfy sofa, my yoga mat. But I'd still share a bedroom with dh.

JustJoinedRightNow · 04/09/2024 04:01

I already do! It's bliss

UnpropitiousNightmares · 04/09/2024 03:57

Nope

mjf981 · 04/09/2024 02:45

Oh yes absolutely. I will never voluntarily not have my own bedroom ever again. Sleep is too valuable, and far too many people snore!

Biggirlnow · 04/09/2024 00:37

No. I have space to do so but don't. I would if DH snored though.

Sadmamatoday · 04/09/2024 00:35

My friend has this, I do too but mines a shitty spare bedroom. So much better for a good night's sleep, my DH is an atrocious snorer

Ineedwinenow · 04/09/2024 00:23

We have our own rooms, husband snores and I have insomnia plus peri (which is completely miserable for me and it was torture for him) so we made the decision to have our own rooms and we are now close again as sleep deprivation caused a huge wedge in our marriage,

I don’t want to murder him for snoring and he doesn’t want a new patio laying due to me so it’s win win here!

Jumpingthruhoops · 04/09/2024 00:20

spanieleyes22 · 03/09/2024 23:42

So a friend of friend is moving house and she has said that the main bedroom which is en suite and has a teeny balcony is going to be her room. She's having a dressing table and fitted wardrobes and the bathroom is hers alone. Her husband is taking a bedroom across the landing next to one of her sons and is sharing a bathroom with him. (Other children are up on next floor).

Would you if you could 🤣

I have my own dressing room and I love it! Could never sleep apart from DH as I love that too! 😍

Osirus · 04/09/2024 00:19

Yes I would and indeed already do!

SometimeSomewhere · 04/09/2024 00:17

We have spare rooms so could do this but neither of us would want our own bedrooms.

RobinGet · 04/09/2024 00:12

I would and I do! My DH gets annoyed with my alarm going off on weekdays (and I don’t blame him because I’m a bugger for hitting the snooze button 5 or 6 times before dragging myself out of bed) so I sleep in the spare room Sunday to Wednesday. It’s heaven, as I can snooze as much as I like and I can also sleep diagonally in the bed! I do enjoy the rest of the week when we sleep in the same bed though.

GalacticalFarce · 03/09/2024 23:59

I would love it.
Dh are never synchronised when it comes to sleepiness and heat!
One of us always gets annoyed.

Mamabear999 · 03/09/2024 23:55

I do and I love it. Husband sleeps in spare room as he is an awful snorer. He doesn't keep clothes in the spare room. We both use the en-suite in our (aka my room). His clothes and things are here too. So we get ready together in the mornings. If we have guests we can sleep in the same bed but I never sleep well and neither does he.