Sleep separation: Pro's and con's

What a silly name for it. When we finally got a second car we didn't call it a travel divorce.

My husband and I gave away our beautiful four poster and bought twin beds last year. He had developed a sleep disorder in which you physically and vocally act out vivid dreams during REM sleep. After being punched or kicked a few times I had enough.
He also sometimes threw himself out of bed during these Dagwood dreams, and our bed was really high.

Our twin beds are great. I can sleep with just a sheet over me while he lies happily crushed under a quilt and blanket. Now when he starts arguing with some super villain, the dog and I raise our heads, look across the divide at him, and go back to sleep.
 

My wife and I started using separate bedrooms 7 or 8 years ago. We both snore, get up in the middle of the night for a bathroom break, and at our ages "romance" is no longer a concern. She goes to bed and gets up about an hour earlier than I do. We both sleep much better now, and no longer have any reason to complain about sleeping. Overall, as people age, sleeping in separate beds, or bedrooms, is a good choice, IMO.
 
We still sleep together most of the time. He has snored forever,even wearing nose strips,he does at times.I ha ve muscle issues that keep me up at times, so I will sleep in recliner.
I wake up feeling better.i
read not too long ago ,even young marrieds are sleeping separate beds and or rooms and seem happier for it.
It really is about sleep not the person so much. Sex um does not always have to be in the bed..and sometimes it is nice to
just reach out and feel the other one is close by:)
 
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