Sharing a Bed & getting some ZZZZs
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Tracey <rbranch…@aol.com> wrote in message <news:3E0DE00E.7020506@aol.com>… > >1. An electric blanket with separate controls for each > >side of the bed. > Heh. GMTA. I was going to suggest a heated mattress pad. > I like them better than the blankets and the one we had > had separate controls, too. > Tracey
I can’t stand electric blankets. I’d imagine that if he used one on his side, I’d be sweating to death from the radiant heat. Meanwhile, I gave him flannel pj’s for xmas, and that seems to be just the ticket! jen
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Doug Anderson wrote: > shinypenny0…@yahoo.com (shinypenny) writes: > > snip > > And then there’s the whole thermo-regulation issue. He likes the room > > on the warm side; I can’t sleep at all unless the room is in the 60s > > and I’m under a large pile of blankets. I think we are constantly > > shifting around and trying to regulate things — tossing blankets off, > > pulling blankets up. By morning the bed is a hopeless, tangled mess. > OK, this one’s easy. Flannel pajamas for him, naked for you. > That’ll be $50 please.
How about a dual control electric blanket? :) DH and I got one for Christmas after always enjoying the one on the bed in my parents’ guest room! Cari
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shinypenny <shinypenny0…@yahoo.com> wrote: > Here’s a new topic which seems appropriate because I can’t sleep > tonight. How do you married couples accomodate each others’ quirky > sleeping habits?
(1) a dual control electric blanket (2) earplugs for when he snores But I still have to go sleep on the couch sometimes if he’s snoring *really* loud or coughing every five minutes.
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"EmmaAnne" <m…@earthlink.net> wrote … > shinypenny <shinypenny0…@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Here’s a new topic which seems appropriate because I can’t > > sleep tonight. How do you married couples accomodate each > > others’ quirky sleeping habits? > (1) a dual control electric blanket > (2) earplugs for when he snores > But I still have to go sleep on the couch sometimes if he’s snoring > *really* loud or coughing every five minutes.
——————- This may be a little weird, but my wife and I do not mind getting up to go sleep on the couch… that’s where our 61" TV is. [Rog']
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -"JWB" <jwbremovethesefourwords3…@excite.com> wrote in message <news:gRjP9.153321$Vz2.36221473@twister.nyroc.rr.com>… > "shinypenny" <shinypenny0…@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:c8cb5319.0212280027.16d51037@posting.google.com… > > Here’s a new topic which seems appropriate because I can’t sleep > > tonight. How do you married couples accomodate each others’ quirky > > sleeping habits? > > My SO and I can’t fall asleep without the other in bed. I’ve suffered > > from insomnia on and off, but since we began sharing a bed, I’ve slept > > fairly well. I love curling up next to him because he’s snuggly, > > cuddly and warm. He falls asleep within minutes, and his steady > > breathing helps puts me to sleep. I’m not about to get twin beds. > > However, he has this habit of putting his arm under my neck. Even if I > > remove it before I fall asleep, I’ll wake up in the morning and there > > it is again. And my neck ends up very, very sore! > > Meanwhile, he claims my snoring doesn’t bother him in the least, but I > > have this habit of rolling, rolling, rolling in his direction, until > > he’s only got an inch of space or he literally falls off the bed! > > There have been a few nights when this has waken him up completely, > > and then he has trouble falling back asleep. > > And then there’s the whole thermo-regulation issue. He likes the room > > on the warm side; I can’t sleep at all unless the room is in the 60s > > and I’m under a large pile of blankets. I think we are constantly > > shifting around and trying to regulate things — tossing blankets off, > > pulling blankets up. By morning the bed is a hopeless, tangled mess. > > Okay, he just woke up and found me out here typing. Begged me to come > > back to bed so he can get some sleep. > Good question. I myself have never had problems save for the fact I like it > cold in the room. Many ex’s didn’t. My wife likes it cold too, so that’s > easy for us. We’re different in sleep schedules – she goes to bed around > 9pm. I currently go to bed around 2am. When I get a daytime job again, > that’ll obviously change (but I still can’t go to sleep at 9pm – more like > 11 or 12). Works fine for us. > JWB
I’m glad different sleep schedules work for you. For me, it would not work. My ex and I had different schedules — I was the night owl, he’d fall asleep shortly after the kids were in bed and was up & out of the house before any of us woke. I resented that, because it limited the time we might have had together. It got so bad, days went by with few words exchanged between us. No wonder the marriage failed? I much prefer going to bed at the same time. During the week, my SO and I get up at the same time. On the weekends, he sleeps in, like right now. He got up for 1/2 hour or so and had breakfast with us, then crawled back into bed. In general he seems to need much more sleep than I do. He can nap for hours, and I find it hard these days to sleep during the day. jen
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JWB <jwbremovethesefourwords3…@excite.com> wrote:
: Good question. I myself have never had problems save for the fact I like it : cold in the room. Many ex’s didn’t. My wife likes it cold too, so that’s : easy for us. We’re different in sleep schedules – she goes to bed around : 9pm. I currently go to bed around 2am. When I get a daytime job again, : that’ll obviously change (but I still can’t go to sleep at 9pm – more like : 11 or 12). Works fine for us. JWB, are you sure you aren’t my evil twin brother, sent to US for punishment? Too many similarities, and all that… 
Seriously, the same here, different schedules, but we share the morning coffee in bed (and sometimes sex, too). Timo — Chamber-pot is spamtrap. Contact me tiwoll at gmx dot net.
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news:auku3n$88cuc$1@ID-94041.news.dfncis.de… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> JWB <jwbremovethesefourwords3…@excite.com> wrote: > : Good question. I myself have never had problems save for the fact I like it > : cold in the room. Many ex’s didn’t. My wife likes it cold too, so that’s > : easy for us. We’re different in sleep schedules – she goes to bed around > : 9pm. I currently go to bed around 2am. When I get a daytime job again, > : that’ll obviously change (but I still can’t go to sleep at 9pm – more like > : 11 or 12). Works fine for us. > JWB, are you sure you aren’t my evil twin brother, sent to US > for punishment? Too many similarities, and all that… > Seriously, the same here, different schedules, but we share the morning > coffee in bed (and sometimes sex, too).
Yea, us too. I get up early some mornings just so we can have breakfast together and all that. I function remarkably well on 4 hrs sleep, as long as it’s not every night. JWB
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shinypenny0…@yahoo.com (shinypenny) writes: > snip > And then there’s the whole thermo-regulation issue. He likes the room > on the warm side; I can’t sleep at all unless the room is in the 60s > and I’m under a large pile of blankets. I think we are constantly > shifting around and trying to regulate things — tossing blankets off, > pulling blankets up. By morning the bed is a hopeless, tangled mess.
OK, this one’s easy. Flannel pajamas for him, naked for you. That’ll be $50 please.
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>1. An electric blanket with separate controls for each >side of the bed. Heh. GMTA. I was going to suggest a heated mattress pad. I like them better than the blankets and the one we had had separate controls, too. Tracey
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>From: shinypenny0…@yahoo.com (shinypenny) >How do you married couples accomodate each others’ quirky >sleeping habits?
We do a lot of changing rooms and beds. >My SO and I can’t fall asleep without the other in bed.
I sleep better without my spouse in bed with me. He is huge and we only have a queen size bed. >I’ve suffered >from insomnia on and off, but since we began sharing a bed, I’ve slept >fairly well. I love curling up next to him because he’s snuggly, >cuddly and warm.
LOL! When my husband turns over, you’d think there was an earthquake in the house. He also takes half the blankets on each turn. Compare him to a bear 
) > He falls asleep within minutes, and his steady >breathing helps puts me to sleep. I’m not about to get twin beds.
My husband falls asleep immediately and his snores are loud enough to be heard outside. >There have been a few nights when this has waken him up completely, >and then he has trouble falling back asleep.
This happens in our house and I’m the one who awakens and stays up for 2 hours trying to fall back to sleep. Part of it is him waking me up and part of it is insomnia for me. I often go downstairs and sleep on the couch in order to not wake him up while I’m trying to find something to watch to help me fall asleep, or to turn on the light and read a book. We have lots of rooms, lots of couches and lots of pillows and blankets. We do what we have to do to sleep. I’m very grateful that I don’t need him to sleep, another reason that independence is a good thing.
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NB: Top post. I have two ideas: 1. An electric blanket with separate controls for each side of the bed. Put grommets along the sides, and band it to the bed with bungee cords under the mattress or box springs. B. You know those orange, nylon mesh fences that they put up around construction sites to keep debris onsite? Maybe not. [Rog'] – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> "shinypenny" <shinypenny0…@yahoo.com> wrote… > > Here’s a new topic which seems appropriate because I can’t > > sleep tonight. How do you married couples accomodate each > > others’ quirky sleeping habits? > > My SO and I can’t fall asleep without the other in bed. I’ve > > suffered from insomnia on and off, but since we began sharing > > a bed, I’ve slept fairly well. I love curling up next to him because > > he’s snuggly, cuddly and warm. He falls asleep within minutes, > > and his steady breathing helps puts me to sleep. I’m not about to > > get twin beds. > > However, he has this habit of putting his arm under my neck. > > Even if I remove it before I fall asleep, I’ll wake up in the morning > > and there it is again. And my neck ends up very, very sore! > > Meanwhile, he claims my snoring doesn’t bother him in the least, > > but I have this habit of rolling, rolling, rolling in his direction, > > until he’s only got an inch of space or he literally falls off the bed! > > There have been a few nights when this has waken him up > > ompletely, and then he has trouble falling back asleep. > > And then there’s the whole thermo-regulation issue. He likes the > > room on the warm side; I can’t sleep at all unless the room is in > > the 60s and I’m under a large pile of blankets. I think we are > > constantly shifting around and trying to regulate things — tossing > > blankets off, pulling blankets up. By morning the bed is a hopeless, > > tangled mess. > > Okay, he just woke up and found me out here typing. Begged me > > to come back to bed so he can get some sleep.
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"shinypenny" <shinypenny0…@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:c8cb5319.0212280027.16d51037@posting.google.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Here’s a new topic which seems appropriate because I can’t sleep > tonight. How do you married couples accomodate each others’ quirky > sleeping habits? > My SO and I can’t fall asleep without the other in bed. I’ve suffered > from insomnia on and off, but since we began sharing a bed, I’ve slept > fairly well. I love curling up next to him because he’s snuggly, > cuddly and warm. He falls asleep within minutes, and his steady > breathing helps puts me to sleep. I’m not about to get twin beds. > However, he has this habit of putting his arm under my neck. Even if I > remove it before I fall asleep, I’ll wake up in the morning and there > it is again. And my neck ends up very, very sore! > Meanwhile, he claims my snoring doesn’t bother him in the least, but I > have this habit of rolling, rolling, rolling in his direction, until > he’s only got an inch of space or he literally falls off the bed! > There have been a few nights when this has waken him up completely, > and then he has trouble falling back asleep. > And then there’s the whole thermo-regulation issue. He likes the room > on the warm side; I can’t sleep at all unless the room is in the 60s > and I’m under a large pile of blankets. I think we are constantly > shifting around and trying to regulate things — tossing blankets off, > pulling blankets up. By morning the bed is a hopeless, tangled mess. > Okay, he just woke up and found me out here typing. Begged me to come > back to bed so he can get some sleep.
Good question. I myself have never had problems save for the fact I like it cold in the room. Many ex’s didn’t. My wife likes it cold too, so that’s easy for us. We’re different in sleep schedules – she goes to bed around 9pm. I currently go to bed around 2am. When I get a daytime job again, that’ll obviously change (but I still can’t go to sleep at 9pm – more like 11 or 12). Works fine for us. JWB
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Here’s a new topic which seems appropriate because I can’t sleep tonight. How do you married couples accomodate each others’ quirky sleeping habits? My SO and I can’t fall asleep without the other in bed. I’ve suffered from insomnia on and off, but since we began sharing a bed, I’ve slept fairly well. I love curling up next to him because he’s snuggly, cuddly and warm. He falls asleep within minutes, and his steady breathing helps puts me to sleep. I’m not about to get twin beds. However, he has this habit of putting his arm under my neck. Even if I remove it before I fall asleep, I’ll wake up in the morning and there it is again. And my neck ends up very, very sore! Meanwhile, he claims my snoring doesn’t bother him in the least, but I have this habit of rolling, rolling, rolling in his direction, until he’s only got an inch of space or he literally falls off the bed! There have been a few nights when this has waken him up completely, and then he has trouble falling back asleep. And then there’s the whole thermo-regulation issue. He likes the room on the warm side; I can’t sleep at all unless the room is in the 60s and I’m under a large pile of blankets. I think we are constantly shifting around and trying to regulate things — tossing blankets off, pulling blankets up. By morning the bed is a hopeless, tangled mess. Okay, he just woke up and found me out here typing. Begged me to come back to bed so he can get some sleep. jen
