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In wanting to throttle my dh when he snores?

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PrettyCandles · 24/02/2007 21:20

What is it about snoring that is so utterly unbearable? Are men as bothered by hearing a room-/bed-mate snoring as women are? And why is it almost as bad to have to listen to dh snoring away beside me when I have to stay awake in any case, as it is when I'm trying to get to sleep?

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mummylin2495 · 24/02/2007 22:44

my dh also snores and i also have had the urge to smother him.It just seems to me that when i prod him or kick him he shuts up ,i then settle down to try and get back to sleep and off he goes again i HATE it

LowFatMilkshake · 24/02/2007 22:53

What an appropriate time to see this thread. DH hasput match of The Day on, against my protest - I wanted to watch Al Murray, so i ahve come on here and he is now snoring on the sofa not watching anything!

bumperlicious · 24/02/2007 22:57

Funnily enough my DH has just started snoring in the last couple of months. I don't know whether it's just because I haven't had a full night's sleep since been pg and only just noticing it, but fairly sure it's a recent occurrence. I do that thing too where you panic and try and will yourself back to sleep before he starts up again. A quick kick or poke abates it for a while.
Btw it's not true about women snoring quieter. My mum snores like you wouldn't believe. Occasionally have to share a room with her and it's like Chinese Water Torture! Last time I counted 5 different variations of snore!

tatt · 24/02/2007 23:16

No you're perfectly normal. Sleep deprivation is torture and may even help you gain weight. I've tried ear plugs but they make my ears itch.

Flossam · 25/02/2007 00:15

MIne has just come in v v drunk. Do I just quit while I'm ahead and sleep in the spare bed in DS's room?

themoon66 · 25/02/2007 00:34

Am sat here on MN purely because I can feel the vibration through the floor. It amazes me that more mean aren't murdered in their sleep due to this.

themoon66 · 25/02/2007 00:35

MEN... not mean.

Flossam · 25/02/2007 11:23

I slept in DS's room. Got a lovely cuddle last night and this morning from DS. However, I could still hear the snoring through our very thick victorian walls...

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PrettyCandles · 25/02/2007 18:16

I remember waking on the morning after we first spent a whole night together, thinking how lucky I was to have found a man who not only didn't have ghastly morning breath, but didn't snore! Ah, that first flush of love...

The snoring, ironically, is made worse by tiredness, but my 'nudging' him disturbs his sleep. If we sleep apart he gets a better night's sleep and snores slightly less the following night. But I don't want to sleep apart from him!

If your man stops breathing (and I figure that if I'm awake in any case I might as well check mine) then you must get him to see the dr. Sleep apnoea can be a contributory factor to all sorts of nasty things, including heart attacks.

Gonna chekc out that url, thanks.

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WestCountryLass · 25/02/2007 20:34

My DH sleeps in the spare room too. I can't bear it! He wakes me up snoring from down the hallway I do make him sleep with a bolster pillow behind him to stop him snoring. And I would wear earplugs but am para I might not hear the kids if they needed me.

whoopsee · 25/02/2007 20:40

dh & I spent over a year sleeping in seperate rooms until I finally lost it and went to the doctor and told him I couldn't cope with his snoring! he was finally fitted in for a sleep study and was found to have severe sleep apnoea having over 80 apnoeas an hour which meant he was actually awake more than he was asleep
he now has to wear a CPAP machine at night so I now cope with the constant noise of that rather than the changing snoring levels!
I would recomend anyone with a severe snoring husband to get them to go to the doctors!

sophiewd · 25/02/2007 20:43

Having had a lomg and reasonabkly alcohol fuelled lunch DH now sprawled in armchair snoring so ludly that the boys on Top Gear not waking him up and I amd on the way to another room to watch TV as I can't hear!!!!!!!!!!

thecranberiezzzz · 02/09/2023 23:14

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Flightsoffancy · 02/09/2023 23:28

Yup, I'm only here because of my snoring husband. I was SO NEARLY asleep when it started. Then because I was woken I got all agitated and now even though I've moved to the spare room I can't get back to sleep. It's absolutely enraging. My husband is lovely and can't help it but we spend more nights apart than together, which makes me sad. But at least I get some sleep, which makes me happy!

BudaBabe · 03/09/2023 02:13

My DS who was 5 when I posted on this thread is now 22

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