November 28, 2009

Separate Bedrooms, Not Such A Bad Idea

By Elizabeth

bedroomLucy and Ricky slept in separate beds as did every other 1950’s TV couple. My grandparents went a step further and slept in separate bedrooms. Lately, I’ve been thinking they were on to something. When I was little I thought it was kind of strange but my grandmother liked a hard mattress, my grandfather liked soft and he also had a horrible snoring problem. They were very much in love but kept separate bedrooms for years.

 

Being pregnant with twins and honestly too damn old to be pregnant, sleep does not come easy. Lately when my husband starts to snore I have resorted to kicking him out of the room. I feel bad for about a minute until I settle in to some of the best sleep I’ve had since the beginning of my pregnancy.  Is sleeping alone a luxury? To me, at least while I’m pregnant it is. To my husband it’s punishment. My response, try being pregnant.

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written by Melissa Cole Knox, November 30, 2009
Sleeping alone
Dearest Pregnant Liz,
Hey girl! I used to think that couples who slept in different rooms must have bad marriages. Now that I am older, I realize that is not always the case. The first 10 years of my marriage, we slept fine together. As we have aged, things changed. He has become a light sleeper. He says I snore like an old, fat man. Well, I can't deny that. Both of my grandmother's could shake the walls with their snoring. My father would wake me in the room next to his. We continued to sleep in the same room, neither getting much sleep. Between my snoring, him waking me to roll me over, we were tired all the time. Needless to say, tired people equalls grumpy people.
Whenever one of us was sick, I would go sleep in the guest room, so at least one of us would get to sleep. Well, I did that one time and did not go back to the "Master bed". After we were both well, and days had gone by without me going back, my husband asked if I was coming back. I said, well I guess, but I sure do sleep good in the guest bed. I moved back to the Master for one night. The next day, he said, ok you can go back.
It is amazing how much sweeter we are to each other when we are rested. We can visit each other and then SLEEP. We have a great marriage and love each very much and now that we both have sleep we can enjoy our life together.
Enjoy your sleep now because your twins will not allow you to sleep no matter where you lay your head.
Take care of you and yours.
written by Lushclick Fan, December 07, 2009
I'm such a fan of separate sleeping!
My husband and I slept apart when I had a weird work schedule and still do it more often than not. Our kids sleep on the third floor of our house -- next to the guest bedroom -- while the the master bedroom is on the ground floor. So it's easier for a parent to be near the kid crying out at night than to try to trudge up all the stairs. We both sleep better. AND we now have sex in more creative places around the house. : ) Plus we still managed to have three kids, so clearly that part is working (not that I would care with three small kids!). But I do miss making him watch Grey's Anatomy before he had an alternative choice of rooms .....
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