I guess what you mean is that you've woken him up by nodding and prodding him in the hope he'll shift position and shut up ?
That's hardly unreasonable .... sleep deprivation, night after night, is no laughing matter and you'd have to be super human to ignore the disgusting and loud noise right next to you, when you are desperate for sleep yourself.
I was still awake at 2.30 this morning and then awake from 6.15, (plus I know I was woken up a few times inbetween) feel dreadful now .... all because my DP was snoring and grinding his teeth (really loudly, god knows how he does it, I can't even begin to replicate the noise). Trouble is, he's one of those snorers who snores in all positions, so even if he moves, he'll start snoring again 10 mins later, when I'll have finally dropped off to sleep.
He says "kick me out" (to the spare room) but in order to do that, I have to endure a time of laying there listening to the noise and at least trying to go to sleep. Just for once, I'd like to go to bed, snuggle down and fall asleep without being completely wound up and tense because I know what's coming. However, if I ask him to sleep in the spare room straight off he gets the huff like it's an affront to his "status" as my partner ..... so I can't win.
What really bugs me is that despite numerous visits to the GP for assorted minor complaints, he somehow always "forgets" to mention the snoring and teeth grinding. Probably because he'd be told to lose weight for starters and he's too lazy and too fond of his food to do that.
I do appreciate that snoring is an involuntary act but where someone makes no attempt to rectify that it becomes a bloody slefish one too. Furthermore, even if the snoring can't be helped, they shouldn't get arsey about your perfectly reasonable need for some decent sleep and where possible, let you have the bed to yourself at least some of the time. I actually dread going to bed each night, even when I'm falling down with tiredness because it's like torture trying to sleep next to a serious snorer.
Sorry to have hijcaked your thread, but no, you're not being unreasonable to attempt to secure a quiet environment to fall asleep in. No-one can be expected NOT to sleep.