Do you sleep in the same bed as your spouse?

Canada
October 9, 2008 12:31am CST
We used to sleep in the same bed together. Now I have been sleeping on the couch for about a year now. It's more comfortable for me and I get a better sleep. My husband doesn't like it though. It's not that I don't love him or anything I just find I get a better sleep that way. He likes to put his body parts all over the place making me uncomfortable and he doesn't understand that. So this is a poll to see how many couples sleep in different beds.
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19 responses
@cutepenguin (6431)
• Canada
9 Oct 08
We sleep in the same bed, although we work at different times so we each have some time where we're the only one asleep. My husband likes to sprawl all over the bed, too. We ended up getting a bigger bed because about two years after we got married, he started taking up even more space. Now that we have a queen size bed, it works all right. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night, and his head is on my pillow and he's taking up the middle of the bed. I'm mean - I lean right up against him so that he gets really warm, which I like, but he doesn't like this and will roll over to get cooler. Or he'll move away but leave just his hand on me. The next day, he won't remember this - he doesn't wake up. (My aunt says she will roll her husband over, and if she can move her husband, I can move mine. But my husband has a twitchy back, so if you don't move him evenly, he will feel pain and then he won't move at all. Of course, he sleeps through the entire thing. He'll only wake up if I get out of bed.) I've seen couples who do sleep in separate beds. One couple I know has two twin beds pushed together. This way, they are together but each has their own space.
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10 Oct 08
i have slept in the same bed with my spouse for the past 3 years now i love it but also understand what you mean by needing your space everyonce in a while can be hard to sleep some nights.
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@CJay77 (4438)
• Australia
9 Oct 08
My husband and I sleep on the same bed all the time! I actually can't sleep well, if my husband has to go for a business trip. I think its okay to sleep in a different room or bed if its work well for the couples. Thanks!
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• Canada
9 Oct 08
Sometimes it bothers him and he misses me in bed but he has either keeps his body parts to himself or we need bigger bed i need my space when i sleep. thanks for the responce!!
@Celanith (2327)
• United States
9 Oct 08
For about six years hubby and I slept in different rooms because he snored so loud I could not sleep even with music and fan white noise. He got louder and louder. Now he lost weight and got some help and seldom snores so the last year we have been sleeping togather again. I missed him when he slept away from me. We have a California King bed and so have plenty of room to sleep togather now he no longer snores much.
• Canada
9 Oct 08
Maybe that would work if we got a bigger bed were I can have my space, I don't like sleeping with arms and legs all over me.
• United States
9 Oct 08
Me and my fience sleep in the same bed. I am more comfortable sleeping with him then I am alone.
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• Canada
9 Oct 08
I used to only be able to sleep when he was in bed with me, now I can't sleep when he is in bed with me!!
@TessWhite (3146)
• United States
10 Oct 08
Hopefully this won't damage your relationship. I know when I was married I slept the last two years on the couch, mainly for the same reason as you. I slept better there, and his tossing and snoring didn't bother me. But, he got fed up with it - among other issues we had - and we divorced. I do sleep with my guy now, but we also have a king size bed so its not like we are side by side.
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@adihindu (1922)
• India
9 Oct 08
If anyone sleeping in different beds may not be a couple. If it was only for a day or a week or month unfortunately, but when it comes to years without sleeping on same bed, how come they will be couple. Have you ever share your feelings with your hubby. I always love have a sleep with my hubby in same bed. Because he cares about me a lot. I love to have it.
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• Canada
9 Oct 08
We are a couple and we still have intimacy we just don't sleep together, we lay together in the same bed for awhile but when i want to sleep on the couch I go. I also have a hard time trying to fall asleep so I might watch tv or something and I don't want to disturb him if i'm up and down.
@aj2006 (1534)
• Philippines
10 Oct 08
I have been married for three years now, and as a couple, we sleep in the same bed, same room or even same floor!LOL! I love to cuddle and being cuddled so, I sleep every night with the man I love. I find it hard to sleep when he is on travel or out of town working, I am glad to have my children sleeping beside me, when their father is not around.. :)
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@Ithink (9980)
• United States
10 Oct 08
Yes we sleep in the same bed. It has been 26 years and I cant imagine not having him there next to me. I do have to shove him to his side when I get into bed and sometimes at night thou. He mumbles and moves over and all is good. LOL! To not feel him next to me or, us touching or not holding each other just wouldnt feel right. As long as he keeps his sweaty feet on his side all is good! LOL
@whittear (110)
• United States
10 Oct 08
My husband and I do sleep in the same bed. We don't cuddle very often though because we both get too hot. It really helps that we have a king size bed, so there's plenty of room for both of us. While we sleep we don't really touch each other at all, but I can't sleep when he is not here and he's the same way. If he works late, like tonight, I have to wait for him to get home before I can go to sleep.
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@samijo719 (1052)
• United States
9 Oct 08
Of course I sleep in the same bed with him. It would be weird not to! I love having him next to me. When he goes out of town for work and such I rarely get much sleep because he's not there next to me. I have become so used to having that safety and comfort with me. The only times he hasnt' slept in the bed is there have been a few times I went to bed before him and he was watching a movie or something and fell asleep on the couch and that was only 2 times. Other that we always sleep together.
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@carl1105 (114)
• China
10 Oct 08
it sounds interesting,but i still think it can be a fresh taste,couple live together everday,sometimes to let them have a separate room is not a bad choice,they both can enjoy the longthat will be a different feeling maybe,but this can't exist all night,if that,the communication between couple will be a problem.
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@rocketj1 (6955)
• United States
10 Oct 08
I slept in a recliner chair for quite some time last year because of terrible lower back pain. I am so thankful to be back in my "ginormous" king-sized bed with my husband. It was way too lonely. I missed my sweetie!
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@smiley83 (1534)
• Malaysia
10 Oct 08
hey, well yeah it depends i guess... i know lots of people who still love and care for each other, but they do have their own beds... there is no one in the world who doesn't like to be part of his partner's life in bed or anywhere else...but the necessity requires sacrifices... well, i'm not married yet to have experienced that...it is just a matter of thoughts... Smiley,
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• India
10 Oct 08
If you really want to sleep well, you should sleep alone. I manage to sleep alone and well in my own bed with my wife too there. Initially whenwe got married we did cling to eachother most of the night but then I found that the moment she stirred my sleep woudl break and vice versa. This kept us awake most of the night. Then we talked it out and decided that cling as much as we want till we are awake, but when we feel sleepy, we must sleep independently. One may touch each other accidentally once ina while but then that is rare and we sleep well though we sleep in the same double bed. You should reasonit out with your husband and tell him why touching each other while sleeping is disturbing.
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@n30wing (4767)
• Philippines
9 Oct 08
Hahaha I have asked alot of couples if they sleep in the same bed until now. And usually couples who sleep not in the same bed had been years in their relationship. I think I can't sleep without her beside me if that happens or that time comes. Maybe I can allow it but only once in a while or once in a blue moon. Have a nice day!
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@bbsr13 (4196)
• India
9 Oct 08
Hello,Moma! We have been sleeping in a bed for the last 39 years.we have never felt the need of sleeping in separate beds.But often I sleep late night and I don't like to disturb her.So sleep in my computer room alone.But it does not effect in any way our relationship.thanx.
• Philippines
9 Oct 08
We do sleep in same bed,because we're husband and wife.It is not normal for a couple to have seperate bed.We've been sleeping together for 8 years now and eversince then,i am not use to sleeping alone.And by the way we also sleep with our Son for 7 years hahaha...
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@Shar1979 (2722)
• United States
9 Oct 08
No, we dont sleep in separate bed UNLESS I am pissed at him and I dont wanna sleep beside him. lol. when we fight i tend to sleep beside my daughter. But I always sleep beside my husband. I can't sleep when he's not beside me. somehow I feel comfort when he's beside me...also I love his smell. He can't sleep without me as well. He would always grab me closer to him
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@mervinh (26)
• New Zealand
9 Oct 08
I sleep in the same bed with my spouse. Sometimes I will wake in the middle of the night because I'm getting. I then discover that all the blankets are on her side and I have none. I proposed to buy to single beds, put it next to each other but she don't want to buy the idea.