Comments on: Sleep tight

By: Mopsa

Mopsa — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:11:45 +0000

Ain’t it just? I am hankering after a mega bed though - a good six feet wide would be nice after 25 years of 4′6″.

By: Beta Mum

Beta Mum — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:38:02 +0000

mid-lifer - it’s outrageous when they make counter-claims about snoring, I quite agree. Just a distraction technique.

MatL - I, too, have learned to step over them, sometimes kicking them spitefully under the bed if I’m in a bad mood.

emmak - interesting, and good to reach an arrangement that works.

Caroline - I don’t think that reply would compute for Ben just yet.

Tracey - I sleep much better when Mike’s away, but he doesn’t… which proves it’s him that snores and not me! It does feel odd without him.

By: Tracey

Tracey — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:45:41 +0000

As the wife of a snorer, some of the above ideas actually sound pretty good. Though given that two out of our three children still have to share, the own bedroom thing would never work. Besides which, despite the snoring, the absence makes the heart grow fonder thing is a reality; I miss him too much when he works away.

Anyway, I just love the difficult questions your son keeps throwing at you. Because it’s not me having to answer them!!

By: Caroline in Rome

Caroline in Rome — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:21:41 +0000

I like the “because we love each other” one. Or you could have just said “because it’s more convenient when we want to have sex” but I guess that would be TMI.

By: emmak

emmak — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:34:33 +0000

Thought provoking…It’s what most couples do but does not work for me and my husband. We have separate rooms and it is just as it was for your friend: “he could only enter her room when naked, carrying nothing, thereby avoiding the detritus that followed him around wherever he lay his hat.”

By: Mother at Large

Mother at Large — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:45:19 +0000

What is it with men and abandoned socks? After two years of marriage, I’ve stopped getting annoyed by it and moved to the acceptance stage. It still puzzles me, though. My husband is very warm, solid and reassuring, which makes it nice to sleep with him.

Good final answer, by the way!

By: mid-lifer

mid-lifer — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:36:55 +0000

DON’T mention snoring!!!

My husband claims I snore - what rubbish. He snores, but sharing a room with him is nothing compared to sharing a campsite with tent neighbours from hell as we did this holidays.