Do you sleep alone? ?

I sleep with DH but occasionally I will move myself to the spare room if I can’t get off to sleep.

I sleep with my husband, unless his snoring is very bad and then I kick him out! I sleep a lot better on my own in the bed, but I find falling asleep much more difficult without him there.

Yea I sleep alone. Definitely sleep better that way

Sleep with my partner. Most of the time it doesn't alter my sleep patterns. Just don't mention night time leg cramps!

Yes, I sleep alone, but my adult son works shifts, and is up and around at all hours of the day - so that tends to awaken me - over thinking - is the door locked after he has returned or gone to work.
Sleeping alone may be quiet, but it's nice to have the comfort of another next to you.

No my with husband. I find this a comfort and most nights we don’t disturb each other.

Yes I sleep alone, I really sleep better in my own room, and my husband in his - it's just how we do things, we still have a great sex life - then I retire my own bed, it just works for us - the peace and quiet and stillness of the bed is just bliss

Hi ,I have a similar problem my husband snores like mad , and I can at times , we are slightly over weight and have disabilities, and cause I can’t bear the noise of his snoring we ended up sleeping in separate rooms. Otherwise he drives me mad, and I end up awake all night. I have another issue to though for myself, that when I’m in my spare room, my tinitus is driving me mad since I had covid last year. Just wondered if anyone had experienced it and could advice me how to sleep when you have buzzing in your ear. I also feel sometimes to by being in spare room makes me apart from my husband and feel wrong for being apart. As I feel sometimes but lonely if u like.

Yes Hbells I too have tinnitus for about the last 14 or so years. You won’t believe me but you do get used to it. I have an Alexa machine in most rooms so during the day I can have music on. It is important not to try to drown out the noise as the tinnitus will only get louder. After a while you will forget about it for some of the time.

At night to help me drift off to sleep I have an app on my mobile phone called CALM and I plug in a pair of earphones and I listen to a Sleep Story which switches off at the end of the story. There are a variety of people who read the stories but Eric Braa has a fabulous voice and I fall asleep with him most nights, plus my DH!

If you have a hearing loss too it is worth getting checked out by an Audiologist. A hearing aid can sometimes help.

I often think it is a miserable thing to have but it is not life threatening and you will, in time, learn to live with it.

I ve slept alone for 24 years now since my last relationship ended I don’t mind but I guess I do miss a cuddle or a chat and an arm around me when I m worried or sad in the night but it is what it is

I never sleep at night. I am alone in my bed. It's to do with heart problems. I am sat up mostly propped by pillows. Would love a bed that has electronic rise and legs more elevated. Maybe I might sleep then.

I'm a lark, DH is an owl. I am also very sensitive to noise and I think moving into the spareroom has been a life saver. Literally, as I was often tempted to stop the snoring by stopping the breathing. Sleep deprivation can (does) make me very irrational.

This is 6 months old!

I sleep alone because I fidget and don't sleep well. I like to be able to read as long as I want and move about freely. DH sleeps like a log.

Yes, we started sleeping apart after our baby was born. My husband was self employed and we needed him to be alert. We got used to it and love it. We do snuggle up, often going to bed together but one of us will get up and move away. Now the kids have left home, we have more space. It’s saved our marriage. I’m horrible when I’m tired.

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Forgot to mention DH has gerbils in the bedroom with him and the dog it’s like a farmyard not for me !

Yuck. I don’t blame you !

LadyGracie have you thought of buying a Kindle ? You don’t need the light on as the device has a backlight. You can have the font any size you like and I have chosen a black background with white letters, so it is easy on my eyes. It was my best purchase over Lockdown and I pop it in my bag wherever I go.

I sleep alone and couldnt bear to sleep with anyone else now. I like to toss and turn throw off my duvet and pillows, sleep in the middle of my double bed. Lovely. Any future partners would need to occupy the spare room

Lovely. My husband died a year ago and I now sleep in a dog basket!!

I should add that I was responding to Alexa 16/3/21. But it seems to be added to the end. Aargh.

Where’s the spam?

One tends to be a lark, the other an owl, but we go to bed at almost the same time. Over nearly 58 years, we have rarely slept alone. Only being away or some upset, an early start for one of us, causes separation.
Both able to comfort the other after a nightmare.
Lovely to feel the presence of the other.

Same here Puzzle! We do have a super king bed, so no need to be on top of each, (unless we want to)!

I don`t think i would sleep well without dh next to me tbh.
It`s a comfort to know he`s just there.

Marthajolly1 - same here. My DH would be mortified if I suggested separate beds.

We always go to bed together at around 10pm. I am not usually tired but he is so I put the telly on or read. This annoys my DH even though he is asleep within minutes of getting into bed. He says the light disturbs him. He wakes up during the night and, although I am not aware of it, I think he disturbs me and breaks my sleep.