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DD says my snoring keeps her up at night but DH and DS say they can’t hear me

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ML5 · 18/04/2025 23:57

Hi everyone just very confused right now. DD says my snoring keeps her up at night and she can’t sleep yet DH/DS say they can’t hear me so I am very confused by this. Yes I do snore but if it’s keeping DD up then surely it would affect DH/DS as well.
DH & me sleep separately (but not because of the snoring) DS & DD have their own rooms.
I sleep downstairs bedroom so this has confused me a lot.

OP posts:
TenaciousOne · 22/04/2025 07:30

geekygardener · 22/04/2025 07:25

Sorry but I disagree that it’s not ok for dd to ring you in the night. You are keeping her awake so why should she not wake you up. Why do you deserve sleep not her? She may have gotten into a bad habit going to bed so late because maybe it’s a consequence of being woken up for years? Ask me how I know!!!

Well because one is a purposeful action and two she’s an adult and has free will to live somewhere snore free (good luck) or three ear plugs or sleep headphones exist.

Smallmercies · 22/04/2025 08:36

TenaciousOne · 22/04/2025 07:28

This. Why people think it’s ok for an adult to behave in the way the op has described of her DD is beyond me. Even if the op snored like a train texting , shouting and calling the house phone in the middle of the night to potentially wake everyone is not appropriate.

Sleep deprivation is a form of torture and will make people behave bizarrely. This is not difficult to understand.

TenaciousOne · 22/04/2025 09:05

Smallmercies · 22/04/2025 08:36

Sleep deprivation is a form of torture and will make people behave bizarrely. This is not difficult to understand.

Funny how that only works for the DD who is purposely ensuing her DM is sleep deprived as well. Although as OP has stated the DD could sleep earlier rather than staying up into the early hours. The OP has also stated that her app has said her snoring level is low, which I’d suggest most people snore at some point and slightly. Does everyone deserve to face abuse in their own home?

Smallmercies · 22/04/2025 09:10

TenaciousOne · 22/04/2025 09:05

Funny how that only works for the DD who is purposely ensuing her DM is sleep deprived as well. Although as OP has stated the DD could sleep earlier rather than staying up into the early hours. The OP has also stated that her app has said her snoring level is low, which I’d suggest most people snore at some point and slightly. Does everyone deserve to face abuse in their own home?

It sounds like a horrible household overall, to be fair.

KimberleyClark · 22/04/2025 09:36

Maybe if DD kept sensible hours she’d sleep better and wouldn’t notice the snoring so much. Maybe it’s time for her to get a job and move out.

heathcliffsdirtyfingernails · 22/04/2025 09:38

Hi everyone just very confused right now. DD says my snoring keeps her up at night and she can’t sleep yet DH/DS say they can’t hear me so I am very confused by this.

They can't hear you because they are already asleep and/or deep sleepers. How is that confusing?

KimberleyClark · 22/04/2025 09:44

Tbf if you intentionally and unnecessarily keep yourself up half the night, you can’t reasonably complain that other peoplease snoring is keeping you awake when you do eventually decide to sleep. And hasn’t the DD tried earplugs? It’s not like she has a job to get up for - she sleeps until lunchtime.

blythet · 22/04/2025 09:50

I can’t believe the amount of people standing up for your DD. Her behaviour in response to your snoring is completely unreasonable.
she sounds like a spoiled brat having a strop.
its your house and at 21 if she doesn’t like it, she can move out

AnotherHappyCamper · 22/04/2025 10:04

DDs behaviour is awful. But was she taught how to behave and expected to do so in her childhood/young teenagehood? Because if she wasn't, that's on OP and DH. People don't just turn into well behaved adults - they have to be taught.

TheeNotoriousPIG · 22/04/2025 10:08

Some people are deeper sleepers than others. My mother used to moan about how badly I slept, while she slept like a log. I have insomnia and wake up at the smallest noise in the night!

Perhaps your DH and DS are deep sleepers, and your daughter is a light sleeper.

RampantIvy · 22/04/2025 14:22

blythet · 22/04/2025 09:50

I can’t believe the amount of people standing up for your DD. Her behaviour in response to your snoring is completely unreasonable.
she sounds like a spoiled brat having a strop.
its your house and at 21 if she doesn’t like it, she can move out

To be fair no-one in the OP's household comes off well.

The OP still hasn't replied why her DD doesn't work.

amusedbush · 22/04/2025 15:48

Until you can find an effective treatment for your snoring, your DD will need to try wearing earplugs (which I appreciate isn't always a solution - I can't personally sleep with earplugs in) or you'll need to shuffle the sleeping arrangements again. It's definitely a location thing and how the sound is carried.

DH and I sleep separately but our bedrooms are next to each other and I don't hear his snoring through the wall. However, I can tell when my neighbour's (adult) grandson is staying with her because I can hear him snoring like a sawmill from next door - across the carpeted staircase and upstairs landing between our bedrooms. There's clearly an acoustic sweet spot around there because I can hear his grunting over my white noise app 😭

(and it's definitely not DH because I've heard it several times while DH has been awake and pottering around downstairs!)

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 22/04/2025 17:32

saltinesandcoffeecups · 22/04/2025 01:30

FFS. Why are you even questioning this. Tell DD that there is a whole wide world of places where she won’t hear snoring at night. If she stays at yours she gets to hear it. You are working and paying the bills. You’ll snore to your heart’s content in the house you pay for.

I’m guessing there’s a lot more to this story 🤨

I think this tbh.

She’s got a cheek waking you up at night when you work and she doesn’t.

But I also think you should get your snoring checked out AS SHOULD YOUR HUSBAND for the sake of your own health. If it’s that bad then it might be an indication of a problem.

ML5 · 22/04/2025 17:57

DD has recently lost her job 4 weeks ago and before she did she slept fine no issues of any of us snoring at all but since she’s been off work past 4 weeks she’s staying up till 2/3 morning playing X Box/phone/facetiming so when she goes to sleep 2/3 she’s waking us up as well as before

OP posts:
ML5 · 22/04/2025 17:58

And just to add she is sleeping till lunchtime

OP posts:
CatG021024 · 22/04/2025 17:59

You are just trolling at this point.

MereNoelle · 22/04/2025 18:03

ML5 · 22/04/2025 17:58

And just to add she is sleeping till lunchtime

You’ve mentioned that numerous times.

Smallmercies · 22/04/2025 20:04

You're such a fantastic family, I wish I lived with you.

ML5 · 22/04/2025 22:17

CatG021024 · 22/04/2025 17:59

You are just trolling at this point.

Trolling? Cos I said how my daughter doesn’t work? Rampantivy asked why DD doesn’t work so I said why

OP posts:
RampantIvy · 22/04/2025 22:25

ML5 · 22/04/2025 22:17

Trolling? Cos I said how my daughter doesn’t work? Rampantivy asked why DD doesn’t work so I said why

I hope she finds another job soon.

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