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Separate bedrooms for long term couple

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Samewrinklesnewname · 23/04/2026 06:35

Has anyone else accepted that separate bedrooms are the way forward?
I’m in my mid 60s, dh of 30 years early 60s and is the worlds worst snorer-especially after alcohol! He used to sleep in the spare room when he’d been out for beer, but over the last couple of years, partially due to me being a lifelong chronically bad sleeper, made worse by menopause, this has become permanent, and I love it!

From speaking with friends it seems like a lot of people have separate bedrooms but it’s like a taboo subject to speak about! We’re away to redecorate and my bedroom will be unashamedly feminine and his won’t be 😂…anyone else embrace the better sleep and quality of life that separate bedrooms brings?

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Starsnrainbows · 26/04/2026 08:51

Im 60 and have slept separately for years. My DH snores and I like my own space anyway. He brings me my cup of tea every morning and it works for us.

SassyCow · 27/04/2026 15:10

We're in our 30s and have been married 12 years and we don't sleep together as I'm a terrible sleeper and DH snoring is too much.

user2848502016 · 27/04/2026 15:23

My parents have had separate rooms since the 90s due to my Dad’s snoring, and they are still happily married in their early 70s

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