To think your marriage might be over if you have separate rooms?

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Hubby snores on his back. He says he can only sleep comfortably on his back not his side. If he's on his side it stops but he naturally keeps rolling onto his back while he sleeps. This ends in a jab in the ribs from me when the noise starts up again.
It has led to some ferocious arguments and recently he slept in the spare room after which I said I felt if that continued all intimacy is lost and it's the beginning of the end of our 25 year marriage.
After this he bought an anti-snoring mouth guard which worked like a dream but last night he refused to wear it anymore as it's uncomfortable. He suggests I wear ear plugs which I will now try. I have also asked him to try the nasal strips but he is not keen. He wants to move into the spare room for good and I feel this will be the end of our marriage - or the beginning of the end. He is 54, not overweight at all and does not drink alcohol. We are both exhausted and arguing. AIBU?

Separate rooms are great.

Interesting. If we had a bigger house, ie extra room, Dh and I would.

No way. I think every older couple I know sleep in separate rooms!
My mum and dad being one because my dad is a horrific snorer. They've been married almost 40 years!
My grandparents also slept in separate rooms. They were married 50 years. Think my granny is a bit of an insomniac so always woke my grandad up

There are lots of people it works for; me and DH sleep in the same bed but I go to bed before him and he gets up before me, our intimacy is cuddles on the sofa and sex is rarely at bedtime or first thing in the morning because of our different routines so I’m not sure different rooms would massively effect us.

Gawd no. We had separate rooms as soon as we had a house big enough. Still together 15 years and 2 children down the line. I think we would have long divorced if we had to (fail to) sleep in the same place. Try it, might give your marriage a new lease of life.

I'm adamant I will never share a room again. Snoring was only a tiny part of what made it untenable in the end.

I have no idea if our marriage will last or not but I know the seperate bedrooms has allowed it to last a lot longer than it could have.