I like John Hodgman's suggestion: Couples should sleep in two beds, in two villas, separated by a reflecting pool.
I mean, I would like it if I could afford it.
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Death by drowning to sleep walkers, though
i sleep a thousand times better with my arm around someone
Been doing this since the pandemic. And no, it's not a dead bedroom situation, not by a longshot. We just have wildly different circadian rhythms, sleeping habits, we both snore, all of which was leading to consistently interrupted sleep for both of us. This was the only compromise that didn't impact anyone's health. Sharing a bed all the time is romantic, but hardly practical in the long run. Especially when prostatitis and peri-menopause enter the picture.
It's also been a godsend when anyone gets sick. Plus, a ton of decorating options opened up for both of us - it's nice.
Also: the royals do this. With all the wealth the Windsors have, giving everyone their own private suite was where they landed. Makes you think.
LMFAO, you're using the Royals as your example of romantic loving couples?
The royals often weren’t marrying for love either, though, so I’m sure separate rooms helped with keeping some distance from someone they might not actually like and also made it easier to entertain their paramours.
Mmmmm. I'll soundly sleep in a bathtub if it's with a woman I love. Don't love you? Too hot and uncomfortable. And, sleeping alone, I go back to my roots. Way back. If I feel like I'm hiding in a hole and the dinosaurs about to get fucked, I sleep so good.
There's an episode of How I Met Your Mother where Marshall and Lily try this
Hasn't the idea of "sleep divorce" been circulating In news recently?
We do separate beds. Mostly because I have a clinical sleep disorder. But we also have different mattress preferences, so even then I could make a case for it. Works great.
Snore... you snore it's okay.. it's called apnea. A lot of us have it..
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When my kids were babies and slept in our bed, people would tell me "they need to learn to sleep alone" and I would laugh and tell them no, sleeping alone is so easy, you have to have practice to be able to sleep with someone else. All of them transitioned very easily to sleeping alone, because it is so easy.