To ban spooning between certain hours

but I’m afraid I will lose my partner if I limit my availability to him

You must know now incredibly unhealthy this is? In multiple ways.

I have two small double beds next to each other as my XP was a terrible fidget and snored horrendously. There are king size duvets and 4 pillows on each one so it’s super cosy!

It worked brilliantly, as even someone touching my mattress or pulling on the duvet wakes me up, so he had to slide out of his bed at the bottom without touching mine on his way out.

Now I’m the snorer and current DP is a very light sleeper (has eye mask, ear plugs, pillow spray, bedtime routine etc but still only sleeps about 4 hours if he’s lucky!) so he doesn’t even dare sleep in the same room as me. I stay in his spare room when I go over and he doesn’t sleep at mine at all.

I’d recommend 2 beds for anyone who is a reasonably light sleeper and separate rooms/houses for those more deeply affected!! Absolutely no reason to share a bed when you’re unconscious as these tales of inconsiderate twats show.

Could you not tell him that and tell him to stop?

I love a superking but in this case, if he’s shuffling over to OP then it’ll just take him slightly longer to reach her 😂

Yes.
Justifiable homicide.

DP has moved out of our bedroom since I was about five months pregnant because I need so much space and so many pillows 😂 he comes in for a snuggle and to tuck me into my pillow fort (with the occasional shag if we fancy it! 😂😂😂) and then comes back in for a morning cuddle before we go to work. I miss him though, and can’t wait for him to come back! But we just weren’t sleeping well together so this is a temporary arrangement until I am no longer an uncomfortable little whale.

We spoon until I fall asleep then dh goes into the bedroom next door. He snores and we can both wake in the night-then put the radio on to put us back to sleep. That would be very inconsiderate if we’re in the same room. Then he greets me with a smile and cup of tea in the morning. Maybe tell your dh his life would be so much sweeter with a happy wife.

Urgh YANBU, I hate this! I’ve recently started seeing someone who does this - I think I’ll need to mention it asap before it becomes a habit. I don’t think they do it maliciously - they think it’s being cute and intimate but it’s SO annoying!

Have you tried swaddling him?

Perhaps he really wants a fork?

I can't sleep if someone is touching me. I'd cuddle first, then turn over and go to sleep. No-one sane would then start touching me (cuddling or otherwise) til at least 7am or later. Madness!

And the Berlin Wall down the middle.

DH would happily spoon me all night.
I can't fall asleep if he's hugging me. I tell him to get off.
Luckily he doesn't try it in the middle of the night.
Yanbu.

Get a German bed with two separate mattresses. And two duvets.

This is hilarious!

Ask him how he's going to sleep when he's single if he needs to snuggle back to sleep.

What a disgusting man.

You're being objectified. Not necessarily sexually although I expect there's an element of it. But you are being objectified in the sense he thinks you're a tool to help him and not a full human being with needs.

A partner who would leave you in these circumstances, and would put his desire for a cuddle over your need for rest, sleep and recovery, is not worth keeping.

Those long pregnancy pillows are ideal for this. Get him one for Christmas.

I'm exactly the same. Broken thermostat from overactive thyroid and my DH knows to stay the fuck away from me in bed because my sleep is shit as it is, him hugging me would wake me straight away. Then I'd have to do something that I may not regret 🤭

I can't sleep with someone hugging me, but if I wake up in the middle night I like to cuddle my OH. Fortunately he doesn't mind.
For Christmas get him some sort of special body cuddle pillow, I'm sure they exist.

You're afraid you'll lose your partner if you 'limit your availability'? Lovely, that's not a partner you should be trying to keep. Really.

You could use the pillows. Leave no trace.

Men are really shit about putting their “need” to grope a warm body in the bed over women’s need for sleep. I’m really stressing about it at the moment because I’m not well but I won’t recover without sleep but I’m afraid I will lose my partner if I limit my availability to him.

I wish you were all getting better sleep, but it's nice to know I'm not alone!
My DH mentioned that I seemed a bit grumpy every time he tried to cuddle me last night. It's lovely that he wants to be affectionate...but I sleep lightly and it wakes me every single time. Of course I start being "a bit grumpy" when I've just been woken up for the 4th time!

Maybe we could get them all together for a joint murder? (Something low energy obviously)

I am a terrible sleeper and often wake up all adrenaline -filled and struggle to get back to sleep. Snuggling up to DH calms me down, and I fall gently back to sleep instead of lying awake for hours.

But that wakes him up and he doesn't like it, so as soon as her told me that, I stopped doing it and looked for alternative solutions.