husband would snore loudly and start elbowing me in the night, so I went to the second bedroom and slept in a cozy bed there.
I know people say things like, "They sleep in separate bedrooms!" as an indicator of a bad relationship but, you know, when you get older, you just don't put up with bad sleep if you can help it.
Here's where I slept:
I have to say in fairness to my husband, though, that I am a terrible insomniac and fidgeter so it's hard to sleep in the same bed as me anyway. Mel says it's like someone is disco-ing in the bed all night.
I read this quote today from a divorce lawyer in a London paper:
"Snoring comes up almost daily as grounds for divorce, and when couples tell me they are rowing a lot, I can often trace it back to the lack of sleep that snoring causes," says divorce lawyer Vanessa Lloyd Platt. "But lawyers rarely put it down on the divorce petition because it can seem to trivialize a divorce."
4 comments:
I never realised what sleep deprivation can do to you until we had kids; I agree, nothing wrong in seeking out a good night's kip!
I approve. We don't exactly have separate bedrooms, but I do use our guest bedroom as a comy "bolt hole" when the snoring reaches a certain decibel level.
We do, however, have separate bathrooms. I can spread all my bottles, potions, and cosmetics all over the counter, and nary a complaint from him!
I would love my own bathroom. We have one family bathroom that everyone uses so it gets like Grand Central Station a lot of the time.
I just read a Trip Advisor review of the Elms from a woman who slept in the same suite we did. She complained about the squeaky bed and how she and her husband didn't sleep a wink. Well it is squeaky but why didn't she just go to the next room where there were two extra beds and sleep there? That's taking marital togetherness too far.
A disco between the sheets brings to mind a whole set of other activities. I don't think I'd be complaining about a squeaky bed if no sleep was had.
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