My partner has been ill all week, and so I’m sleeping in the guest room to give them space, and to not get breathed upon, and therefore pick up the same flu bug. But I must say, I’ve also had the best sleep in my life this week. I dont have someone tugging at the covers in the middle of the night because they’re suddenly chilled. Nor do I have to worry about any noises; snoring, coughing, sniffing from a runny nose etc. I also don’t have to endure the usual tossing and turning of the person in the bed beside me, as they flip and rotate like a fish on a hot griddle, trying to maintain some level of comfort from the aches and pains of too much work and old age settling in.
Who said we have to sleep in the same bed just because we’re a couple? I’d like to meet the knucklehead that invented this torture and give them a piece of my mind – or one night with a restless sleeper.
If movies are correct, people often slept in separate rooms, not just separate beds, and shared a bed when they were feeling randy. I know my grandmother slept in the guest room due to my grandfather’s snoring and I’ve experienced snoring loud enough to travel down the hallway, when I shared accomodations at a ski resort with another couple.
So yes, who’s bright idea that we share a bed once we’re ‘hooked up’ with someone? Stupid it seems to me. No wonder half the world’s population is chronically sleep deprived.
