Bf is such a light sleeper! Help!

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Sally Seddon — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 10:05:38 GMT

[quote user="Deemus"]

I think my crowning glory was one night when I announced to him that "I curse you in Latin" in the dead of night whilst sleepign with my arms across my chest but with my eyes wide open. Poor bloke almost wet himself.

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LOL!!!!!!

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Deemus — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 21:58:01 GMT

My long suffering fiancee can totally empathise with your fella. We've not yet found a solution to my night time antics, unless you count the unromantic seperate beds...

Poor bloke has to put up with me talking (you can hold a conversation with me), breathing on him (he hates it), tapping, poking or thumping him, stealing the duvet or kicking it off and piling it on top of him if I'm hot.

I wish you luck and please let me know if you find a solution....

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Kim Buckley — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 20:31:56 GMT

[quote user="Busy bee"]

I highly recc the 'Barrier Technique' - my BF of 12 years has the really annoying habit of 'blowing' in my face at night when I'm asleep - sometimes it feels like a hurricane! LOL! Well, gone are the windy nights cos now I use the barrier - a pillow between us! Get your cuddles then just before going to sleep insert barrier - problem solved!

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Sounds like a good idea to me. Will have to invest in some more pillows

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Busy bee — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 20:30:19 GMT

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Kim Buckley — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:37:25 GMT

I'm quite good at staying on my side of the bed because I hate being hot in bed so stay away from him. Think I'm gonna try slipping him some sleeping tablets!

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Polly P — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 02:04:49 GMT

I am a nightmare, I don't know how I'll ever keep a boyfriend assuming I do start dating again some day!

I sleep in the 'starfish' position that leaves no room for another, hog the duvet when it's cold, kick and throw it off when it's warm, and in the last few years apparently snore 'like a hibernating Yeti...' When I lived in a flat with people sleeping in the bedroom of the other flat right above me, they could hear me snore...

I guess I'm just not a sleepover kind of girl!

In my defense, my cats don't mind at all... They still all sleep in the bed.

Random thought for the day...

When you're snoring, do you think your cat thinks you are purring?

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Caro Laithwaite VN — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:45:51 GMT

Bed size made no difference to me, l migrated to the heat

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Kim Buckley — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:31:01 GMT

[quote user="Fuzzyduck"]

Me and my fella had a similar problem when we moved in together, except i woke him up fidgeting or stealing the duvet!!

Our solution was to buy a super king size bed!! If its only you breathing in his ear that wakes him up if you had a massive bed you'd each have enough space so that wouldnt be a problem!

I love my bed

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He's just bought a king size but I still seem to end up in his ear. When we went on holiday, we had the biggest bed ever! It was 3 people wide! I didn't wake him up once then!

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Fuzzyduck — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:28:27 GMT

Me and my fella had a similar problem when we moved in together, except i woke him up fidgeting or stealing the duvet!!

Our solution was to buy a super king size bed!! If its only you breathing in his ear that wakes him up if you had a massive bed you'd each have enough space so that wouldnt be a problem!

I love my bed

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Gillian Mostyn — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 11:41:32 GMT

[quote user="Steph Worsley RVN MBVNA"]knock him over the head with a mallet before bed....that should see him through till morning[/quote]

I can think of other ways of sending him to sleep that are much more fun!

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Sally Seddon — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 10:03:55 GMT

My other half gets a swift slap or my foot in his back................im not a nice person when im tired

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Caro Laithwaite VN — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 01:12:12 GMT

Brian called me Darth Vader first time l woke and found him with ear defenders on we had a huge argument. After that l just decided it was normal to wake and see a huge set of ear defenders on. If it got really bad he would come down and sleep on the settee. If his snoring got really bad l would go on the settee we had it sussed.

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Sal the 1st — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 23:17:21 GMT

have you considered hypnosis - so the sound of your snoring sends him into a deeper sleep - and yes I have known this to work - but this time was a bloke who snored and his wife likened the sound to a road drill!

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Catherine Raymond — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:35:04 GMT

[quote user="Steph Worsley RVN MBVNA"]

I still say beat him....its the only way to keep them in line

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or just slip some rescue remedy or diazepam in his bedtime drink! But I do like the mallet idea.... might try that one on hubby tonight!

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Steph Worsley — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:26:23 GMT

I still say beat him....its the only way to keep them in line

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Kim Buckley — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:11:16 GMT

[quote user="Polly SVN"]

I would try those nose strips that are supposed to open the sinuses- also you can get these specially shaped pillows that position your head in such a way that it opens your airways and makes you less noisy.

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I HATE sleeping with my mouth open and it's not that I'm snoring, I just exhale really hard, a bit like a dog when it's dreaming lol

I keep waking up with him pinching my nose or telling me to rollover. Maybe I could try putting some pillows down my back so I don't rollover. Hmm

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Kim Buckley — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:08:53 GMT

[quote user="Steph Worsley RVN MBVNA"]

knock him over the head with a mallet before bed....that should see him through till morning....he may however have a headache!!!!!

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I did suggest that but he didn't seem to keen!

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Polly P — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:08:47 GMT

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Steph Worsley — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:07:30 GMT

knock him over the head with a mallet before bed....that should see him through till morning....he may however have a headache!!!!!