Snoring

[user 18729]

Good evening all,

As I type this my other half has her eyes shut nestled up next to me. She’s gorgeous... and then it starts

The problem is that I’ve always been a poor sleeper. The slightest noise keeps me up. For the last year or so we’ve had an unspoken agreement where I go to sleep before her and she reads or plays a game on her ipad.
I’m not sure if the reverberations have become worse, or if my sleep pattern has become more pathetic but for a good month now I keep waking up to her snoring in the early hours and having to go into the spare room.

A penny for your thoughts and some advice! I’ve tried ear plugs and they’re not man enough. I’m considering some sort of sleep therapy if there’s no easy fix

 

[user 23602]

I am exactly the same. I often end up on the sofa with the dog because of my beautiful wife's snoring. Luckily for me, I don't tend to need much sleep, 5 hours usually. So I tend to play games, watch movies or read until 1-2, then go to bed when I'm struggling to stay awake. Just means I sleep hard until 6-630 without being disturbed.

 

[Richie_asg1]

One of these should do the trick- https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/4019626190...1f2KOio8BMTwq6JIbGsyhx7YuBabubCQaAi67EALw_wcB

Either way you will probably end up sleeping in another room.

 

[Clint]

Work shifts...you'll spend most of your time sleeping on your own...and most of that will be rubbish!

 

[Chippy_Tea]

SWMBO used to snore and was tired all the time turns out she has sleep apnia and she now has a machine to sort it, a nice side effect is she no longer snores.

 

[foxbat]

Earplugs vary massively. I tried loads and the only one that works for me is this one from Boots. Each pair lasts for weeks before it goes hard and needs to be thrown away. I couldn't sleep without them.

 

[Rodcx500z]

This is a world wide problem that the UN should sort out, +1 Clint I worked nights for 20 years she was in heaven, its now become a problem since I retired so back to the drawing board, logical answer is separate beds in different rooms with one being a double for rumpy bumpy

 

[terrym]

Earplugs:- Every sensible biker should wear earplugs, windnoise at 70mph (or more) even with a helmet can be deafening. So being moderately sensible (and because I already have tinnitus) I wear them. The best ones I have found by a long stretch are E.A.R. Soft FX which are cheap off ebay and Amazon if bought in multipacks. So recommended if your partner snores.
But the only real solution to a snoring partner is to have separate rooms, which sadly is a luxury many won't have available.

 

[druid1966]

get checked for apnea....it can kill you in severe cases, or the partner ends up doing it cause of sleep depravation.

 

[LeeH]

These are freaky, turn them on and the world turns off.

Bose QuietComfort 20 Acoustic Noise Cancelling Headphones for Apple Devices (Black) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00X9KV0HU/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_wr6oEbHEN39Z5

 

[Hengoedbrewer]

My missus sleeps with her mouth open (she can't keep it shut even when unconscious) and does this combination of snoring and clicking which frankly has made me consider suffocating her in her sleep. However I have gone for those moulded wax earplugs which work pretty well. Problem with THOSE is I can't then hear the baby if she wakes up, meaning the snorer then has to get up to sort her out- I then get it in the neck for not being able to hear the baby....you can't win.

 

[dwhite60]

Same issue with my wife. I keep ear plugs on the nightstand. She got bothered when I started using them and said I snore too so, I gave her a pair. Told her it won't hurt my feelings.

All the Best,
D. White

 

[user 18729]

Nice to see it’s not just me!

 

[Covrich]

My wife got worse and worse and aworse I ended up sleeping downstairs most nights and I could still hear it with ear plugs in over her fish tanks..

Anyway I left her 16 months ago and have slept great since

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Anyway I left her 16 months ago and have slept great since

That's a bit extreme Rich

 

[Rodcx500z]

The ultimate solution

 

[the_quick]

I'm on the other side, I'm the one that snores. For last couple of years we sleep in separate beds. Been tested for any issues, problem with how my nose is build - only operation can fix it, it might not but it will be quite painful afterwards. Didn't go for it, nose plasters don't work either. Sleeping in separate beds and rooms helps.
I sleep like a baby, 7-8 hours straight, never wake up during the night and always been like that.

 

[Northern_Brewer]

Earplugs vary massively. I tried loads and the only one that works for me is this one from Boots. Each pair lasts for weeks before it goes hard and needs to be thrown away. I couldn't sleep without them.

+1 on how you've got to work out which earplugs work for you. My other half used the Boots soft silicone ones even before she met me just because there were a lot of traffic/deliveries etc outside her window. Swears by them, even now that she has a source of noise that's a lot closer!

 

[Dutto]

I nearly always go to bed about three or four hours after SWMBO, at which time I have two choices:

1. Make a noise and then attempt to nod off to the sound of her complaining bitterly about being wakened.
2. Slide into bed silently, wait until her snores resume and then wait until I fall asleep due to sheer exhaustion.

We've tried going to bed at the same time ...

... but as we get older that happens a lot less frequently and it's definitely a lot less fun.

 

[Clint]

My mates Mrs is tired all the time. It turned out she is bone idle...