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DH sleep in separate room

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BeCandidJadeSloth · 08/01/2025 23:11

It means we both sleep better separately- does anyone do this?

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SunflowerTed · 08/01/2025 23:13

Yes saved my marriage and my sanity! We have a cuddle etc and then straight to my own room for a blissful snore free nights sleep :/)

PivotPivotmakingmargaritas · 08/01/2025 23:14

Yes my DH is a snorer and we have a toddler that wakes many times at night still so I need my sleep…. although can’t see myself going back to sharing ever….i love a bed to myself

Hello39 · 08/01/2025 23:15

Yes, we started when the dc were babies and still haven't moved back in together! Just don't sleep as well...snoring, sleep talking, I need loads of covers, he gets too hot etcetera

Horationor · 08/01/2025 23:28

My DH works shifts so if he's early he's in the spare room.
I love the bed to myself!!

AgreeableDragon · 09/01/2025 05:55

Yes, been doing this on and off for a while now. Recently it's become more of a permanent thing. But we often cuddle in one bed and fall asleep together, then one of us goes to the other room later.
Works for us!

JamNittyGritty · 09/01/2025 05:59

Yes, although we cuddle in one bed before separating and then get back into bed together for a morning cuddle before getting up for work / weekend

lingalingalong · 09/01/2025 06:45

Same - cuddle and fall asleep then I kick him out when he starts snoring😅I felt bad for a while but he’s ok with it as it means we both get uninterrupted sleep (I used to nudge him everytime he wakes me up snoring).

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Dancetildawn · 09/01/2025 06:58

We don't but I have several friends that do all due to snoring - mostly the dh

Dh lost a fair bit of weight a few years ago which stopped his snoring otherwise I was on the verge of moving dh to the spare room separate beds. Mind you, love having a bed to myself!

SallyWD · 09/01/2025 07:00

Yes, we tend to sleep aoarr on working days so we both sleep well before work, then sleep together at weekends.

gannett · 09/01/2025 08:08

Yes. Good sleep should be prioritised above everything. DP is an extremely light sleeper and I can't really sleep well with anyone else in the room, let alone bed. It wasn't sustainable even medium-term let alone long-term, we'd have been so ratty from the lack of sleep we'd have killed each other within a month. We were both single for quite a while before meeting so got very used to having our own space at night.

It doesn't affect cuddling, sex or intimacy of any kind and I've always been a bit confused at the idea it should.

Shoxfordian · 09/01/2025 08:28

We've always done it, we have different sleep patterns - I'm asleep by 10 and up by 5 - also I go to work on different days so would disturb him

Don't actually like sharing a bed now

CoastalCalm · 09/01/2025 08:35

Yes we have separate rooms and also separate bathrooms - works for us

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