Being with someone means sharing everything, right? Well, everything except the bed it seems.
The New York Times recently reported that one quarter of American couples don’t sleep in the same bed or even in the same bedroom. The article also says the figures are similar for English and Japanese couples too.
So why don’t we like to share our beds anymore?
“Separate sleepers cite a bevy of reasons for their habit, including apnea, restless leg syndrome, his insistence on watching “SportsCenter,” her need to get up early for yoga.”
For a lot of couples, separate beds is the only way they can get a good night’s sleep:
“What happened in the last decade,” said Dr. Meir Kryger, a sleep specialist at Gaylord Hospital in Connecticut, “is that people are suddenly making their own sleep a priority. If their rest is being impaired by their partner, the attitude now is that I don’t have to put up with this.”
Sleepio thinks this can definitely be a good thing – sharing a bed is great for intimacy and romance, but sleep deprivation can very quickly ruin a relationship!
Unfortunately there’s a stigma associated with not sharing a bed with your partner, but the reality is your bed should be a place where you can go for restorative, good quality sleep – and if that means it needs to be a separate room then so be it!
What you you think of couples sleeping apart? Not for you? Share your thoughts with the Sleepio Community.
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