He snores. She's restless. He likes to fall asleep watching television. She likes complete quiet.
People who love each other may often have completely different sleep styles and many couples cope with the issue with separate beds or even separate rooms.
According to the Ryerson Sleep and Depression Lab in Canada, about 30 to 40 percent of couples sleep in different beds.
This could be a return to older styles of sleeping. From the late 19th century until the 1970s, the middle class bedroom often had separate beds. But the idea of twin beds was mocked as fake or prudish by the 1970s, according to Atlas Obscura.
Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader’s money, real estate, and business coverage.
