14 DAY TRIAL // Health experts can’t stress enough how important a good night’s sleep actually is, especially since we know for a fact that sleep debts are not that easily compensated for later on.
To avoid a rocky night and losing sleep because of a partner, more and more couples choose to sleep in separate beds in separate rooms, a new study cited by the Daily Mail indicates.
Most couples would not even dream of breaking up with someone because they snore too much or too loud at night, yet that seems to be the biggest problem for most couples, the research shows.
As such, many partners decide that, in order to save their relationship, they must sacrifice their time together at night and go for separate bedrooms instead.
About a quarter of all couples included in the recent research have opted for this solution to avoid losing sleep over annoying habits at night, like snoring, hogging the covers, moaning or gridding teeth.
“Snoring is the number one disturbance, with three quarters saying it keeps them awake. Those who don’t move to a separate room are robbed of more than 70 minutes of sleep a night,” the Mail says of the recent study.
“That is more than eight hours a week – or two years over the course of a long-term relationship. Also on the list of nocturnal bug-bears was hogging the duvet – a problem for six out of ten couples – and restlessness, which affects more than half, the study of 4,000 couples found,” the publication notes.
“Mumbling and moaning causes problems for 49 per cent, while a third take issue with their partner talking in their sleep,” says the Mail.
“These nocturnal ticks have a damaging effect on relationships, with nearly a quarter of people resenting their partner for keeping them awake,” the Mail further reports.
Half of these couples have fights over the lack of sleep or its poor quality, the study has also revealed. Only 1 in 20 would consider breaking up with their partner because of snoring.
According to psychologist and relationship expert Donna Dawson, snoring remains the fastest and surest way of killing romance because resentment builds up but is rarely vented.