@Luhalauren I’ve read many a study that says marriages last longer if the couple sleeps in different rooms because then both get plenty of sleep in each of their own ways, so they are well-rested and in a better mood for all the energy a marriage requires while awake - which is a lot of energy! I could never sleep with someone who snores because I have very shallow sleep. Another option is to get an adjustable bed - the kind of king size bed that splits in two so each person can make their adjustments separately. There are special positions just to alleviate snoring, or acid reflux, or back pain, etc. That would probably be my first choice before sleeping in different rooms, because I love cuddling and snuggling so much. It calms me down to hear someone (or something, like my cat
) breathing in their sleep. It makes me feel safer and I sleep better.
When I was married, my ex-husband and I tried sleeping in different rooms because we had very different sleep-wake schedules and I got really tired of him waking me up at 5:00 a.m. when he was getting ready for the day. But I didn’t like having him in another room. It just somehow felt wrong, like we were punishing one another or something. So we quit doing it, until we separated a couple of years later.
There are also studies that say marriages last longer if couples stick to a queen-size bed, because the size tends to encourage intimacy. My marriage dissolved within nine months of us getting a king-size bed, lol. Meanwhile, my parents, even though being obese and my dad having to wear a noisy CPAP for the past 25 years, are still married after 58 years since they started dating at age 15. So maybe there’s something to keeping a queen. I do sleep better on a king, though, even when I’m alone.