What do you do when one of you has a cough?

[Autumnalleaves123]

I've had a virus/cold recently and just got the lingers of a cough now. I try my hardest not to cough at bedtime but sometimes I can't help it as I have such a tickle in my throat. DP then gets annoyed at me for coughing. So what do you do when one of you has a cough? I did end up sleeping on the sofa but it was the worse night's sleep and I feel more rubbish now.
Also DP hasn't asked how I was this morning and left without saying bye (I assume they are annoyed about the cough but I couldn't help it).

One of us goes in the spare bed. It can't be helped but it is miserable to both be kept awake especially if you have work.

We do normally stay in the same bed if its a cough and just suck it up. Only time we had one of us on the couch was when we had Covid at different times (covid person got the bedroom the other got the run of the rest of the house !). I was in tremendous pain with a trapped nerve and DH considered the couch as the only way I could sleep was taking up most of the bed !

Remain single and add yet another thing to the list of positives.

Or, one of you, probably the non-cougher since the cougher needs the best bed, sleeps in spare bed.

DP would sleep on the sofa, that's what happened with Covid, I'd not be able to sleep well due to coughing. Fortunately he quite likes sleeping on the sofa!

Your DH shouldn't be annoyed with you for something you can't help!

If I’m coughing I sleep in the spare room. Especially if I wake up in the middle of the night when my medicine wears off and he’s sound asleep.

There isn't a spare bed

In our house the non cougher goes to sleep on the sofa as the cougher needs a really good night's sleep to recover

Stay in our bed. I've a nasty noisy cough at the moment. If DP was really struggling to sleep he might go deep elsewhere but certainly wouldn't make the ill person.

If someone is a shit to you when you're ill, they've shown themselves to be crap partner material. Imagine if it were something more serious where you were at their mercy!
Buy an air mattress or send him to his house if he has one.

Carry on as normal.

We don't have a spare bed and sleeping downstairs just means being kept awake by the cats 🤷‍♀️

We have an air mattress. I said I'd go get it from the car and DP said are you sure do you want to see how you go. So I did and I was trying not to cough but cough once and DP got in a huff saying they needed to sleep for work. Well I also needed to sleep for work too! So I got up and went to sleep on the sofa as by that point it was too late to go to the car and get the airbed and blow it up

No spare bed.
If one coughs (and DH usually coughs for quite a while) the other sucks it up, might offer help though e.g bringing glass of water or medicine.

there are might be a bit of moan from my side but I know it’s unreasonable to complain tbh .

We ask if the cougher is ok and needs any medication or a drink of water.

Have you tried sitting upright in bed, often post viral coughing is caused by post nasal drip..my DH just had a virus, not COVID, but I decamped to the spare room because I didn't want to catch it.. ironically,he actually spent most nights sitting bolt upright on the sofa!

He should have gone to the sofa, not you.

My husband wears ear plugs and says he’s not disturbed by me being noisy. If I’m disturbed by him or if I’m fidgeting and keeping him awake I’ll go sleep on the sofa. Don’t recall either of us being twats to each other for being unwell. And your partner is being a twat btw.