Hubby just got up... bleary eyed & looking tired... he staggers downstairs & tells me my snoring has kept him awake half the night... and that despite him gently waking me numerous times, my snoring continued!
I don't remember a thing! 
I just owe him another 500 and odd nights like that now & we'll be even! 
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Well done, Ditty.
I knew you'd appreciate it Yogi
I hope it wasn't a one-off and you can treat him to a few more sleepless nights - seems only fair.
Sounds horrid to me 
well done Ditty
I only snore when I've got a cold - and I have a little cold at the moment. 
Would LOVE to pay the OH back for the hundreds of nights his snoring has kept me awake. Last night he decided for a change he wouldn't snore - so he was whistling through his nose instead..
This is why we sleep in separate rooms.
I've started snoring badly, apparently. 
Can't even call it revenge, but I'm sure he deserves it anyway, for something.
This is why we sleep in separate rooms.
That would be my idea of heaven 
And separate bathrooms.
And possibly separate houses..
Separate rooms would be my idea of heaven too.. I might allow a joining door or something.
And yeah Toid.. I have been a big bunged up (slight hay fever... its coming to an end now)... which is what I am putting my snoring down to.
Also... apparently... when nudged to be told I am snoring I am all apologetic.. (in my sleep!!!)... which is more than can be said for MrD when I have to kick thump wallop nudge him to stop doing the walrus mating call!
Ditty
The OH sounds like a whale with half a trawler stuck in its blowhole.
This is why we sleep in separate rooms.
That would be my idea of heaven
And separate bathrooms.
And possibly separate houses..
We have the separate bathrooms. Can't afford the two houses though
Ditty
The OH sounds like a whale with half a trawler stuck in its blowhole.
YES!!! that sounds like MrD.
There are two very different (but equally loud & annoying) snores.. the in breath... as he sucks the back of his tongue, his tonsils & the clacky thing up the blowhole.. the, after about 10 mins of no breathing... ok, 30 seconds of no breathing.. the massive out breath... more a roar than a breath.
And repeat!
That's uncanny! ~shudders~
whereas my snoring...
He described it as little horse whinnys.. hahahahaha
Most of the time I hardly make a sound when I'm asleep, to the extent he's actually checked I'm still breathing.
But I get a little snuffle on when I've got a cold.
I'm reliving every night of my life while I read this thread. 
Although, Mr. L is VERY apologetic when I wake him, it doesn't help so much, does it?
He just went to see someone about the snoring, and the doctor said, "does your wife still sleep in the same room?"
You can check out "Sleep Apnoea" on the web,it's a condition that can be helped,it can be serious medically.
Ha Ha Ha (I should not laugh).
I used to snore but My OH now confirms I have stopped I can't understand it? Where am I going wrong lads...
Horse whinny's... Haw Haw Haw!!!
I'm reliving every night of my life while I read this thread.
Although, Mr. L is VERY apologetic when I wake him, it doesn't help so much, does it?
He just went to see someone about the snoring, and the doctor said, "does your wife still sleep in the same room?"
Worry when you are asked if you still sleep in the same house
Ha Ha Ha (I should not laugh).
I used to snore but My OH now confirms I have stopped I can't understand it? Where am I going wrong lads...
Horse whinny's... Haw Haw Haw!!!
P'raps it's the pillow over your head.
Ditty
The OH sounds like a whale with half a trawler stuck in its blowhole.
YES!!! that sounds like MrD.
There are two very different (but equally loud & annoying) snores.. the in breath... as he sucks the back of his tongue, his tonsils & the clacky thing up the blowhole.. the, after about 10 mins of no breathing... ok, 30 seconds of no breathing.. the massive out breath... more a roar than a breath.
And repeat!
D'you get the unearthly moany noise too? and the weird rattly clicking inbreath?
I've been getting by on about 4 hours sleep a night for the last year .. it's driving me loopy!
aw Slinkeh... you have my sympathy...
I am about to tempt fate here.. but - I haven't had one of those really bad nights for months & months now. But we went through a phase where it was every night, and I probably averaged less than 4 hours.. in fact there were nights where I didn't get any sleep. I wasn't working, so got into a cycle of sleeping during the day.. it was really depressing.
Things improved once MrD made the effort to help them improve.. i.e. not getting all shirty when I would tell him to stop snoring, and turning over and facing the other way (so I couldn't hear the quiet build up snores), and he even went down & slept on the sofa a couple of times. this was a breakthrough.. cos before that it was always me that went down to sleep on the sofa.... I felt this was unfair... me being hounded from my bed.
This came about cos I gave him an ultimatum (prob the only one I have ever given him).. you go down & sleep on the sofa.... OR you go to the doctors... OR we sort out the spare room with a single bed for me to find refuge in.
He's been much better recently..
Now its my turn 
oh & we tried, strips, nasal sprays, throat sprays, piriton and/or benylin (me, not him), having the telly on, having my ipod on, me going to bed first... etc etc etc.
I think he's improved cos he has lost a stone in weight...
You can check out "Sleep Apnoea" on the web,it's a condition that can be helped,it can be serious medically.
there was a point when I was pretty sure thats what MrD had... he actually ruptured his clacky dangly thing in the back of his throat with is snoring... and he was always tired... and he most definitely did stop breathing!
medically it was serious... though the biggest risk to his health was the risk of me bludgeoning him to death with the bedside lamp
aw Slinkeh... you have my sympathy...
I am about to tempt fate here.. but - I haven't had one of those really bad nights for months & months now. But we went through a phase where it was every night, and I probably averaged less than 4 hours.. in fact there were nights where I didn't get any sleep. I wasn't working, so got into a cycle of sleeping during the day.. it was really depressing.
Things improved once MrD made the effort to help them improve.. i.e. not getting all shirty when I would tell him to stop snoring, and turning over and facing the other way (so I couldn't hear the quiet build up snores), and he even went down & slept on the sofa a couple of times. this was a breakthrough.. cos before that it was always me that went down to sleep on the sofa.... I felt this was unfair... me being hounded from my bed.
This came about cos I gave him an ultimatum (prob the only one I have ever given him).. you go down & sleep on the sofa.... OR you go to the doctors... OR we sort out the spare room with a single bed for me to find refuge in.
He's been much better recently..
Now its my turn
Ditty,there's no escape- we live in a flat and I can hear him from every room in the house! I swear ,there's been nights he did that weird rattly noise, and I caught myself thinking oh good,maybe it's a death rattle !
In fairness to him. he's tried all sorts of sprays, strips and even a gumshield- type contraption( attractive! 
! , so he's made an effort, but he will not go to the doc!! I know what you mean about the sleeping during the day, I usually try to catch up on sleep on a Saturday afternoon .. what a waste of a weekend!
Do you do snoring lessons? I'll be your first pupil!
oh & we tried, strips, nasal sprays, throat sprays, piriton and/or benylin (me, not him), having the telly on, having my ipod on, me going to bed first... etc etc etc.
I think he's improved cos he has lost a stone in weight...
Oooohh,I could starve him!
You can check out "Sleep Apnoea" on the web,it's a condition that can be helped,it can be serious medically.
there was a point when I was pretty sure thats what MrD had... he actually ruptured his clacky dangly thing in the back of his throat with is snoring... and he was always tired... and he most definitely did stop breathing!
medically it was serious... though the biggest risk to his health was the risk of me bludgeoning him to death with the bedside lamp
! I have started to see household items as weapons of late..our bedside lamp would just rustle him awake though, it's a paper thing!
We have a bit of a game: I try to race him to sleep.
Mr. L has been told that losing weight would help, so that's our next project.
medically it was serious... though the biggest risk to his health was the risk of me bludgeoning him to death with the bedside lamp
love it!
We have a bit of a game: I try to race him to sleep.
I can't get to sleep till the hubby is asleep...I always have to follow his sleeping pattern and that sends me right off 
We have a bit of a game: I try to race him to sleep.
Mr. L has been told that losing weight would help, so that's our next project.
I used to do that... but being under pressure to get to sleep is the one thing that is guaranteed to keep you awake
I can't get to sleep till the hubby is asleep...I always have to follow his sleeping pattern and that sends me right off
awwwww!
now that's love!
When I can't sleep, one of my tricks is to match my breathing to his...but that's how we discovered the apnea. He stopped breathing for a sec.
When I can't sleep, one of my tricks is to match my breathing to his...but that's how we discovered the apnea. He stopped breathing for a sec.
haahaa that's what I do...jees if he ever stops breathing that's the both of us gone then
Does he still have it? Or was it a one off thing?
When I can't sleep, one of my tricks is to match my breathing to his...but that's how we discovered the apnea. He stopped breathing for a sec.
a sec...
Mr D does the full 10 second pause before the outward snore!
like Slinkeh said... I got beyond worrying, and started almost hoping
He still has it, but it's apparently not really bad. He could have:
1) surgery
2) one of those little machines
3) weight loss.
Guess which we're going to try first?
When I can't sleep, one of my tricks is to match my breathing to his...but that's how we discovered the apnea. He stopped breathing for a sec.
a sec...
Mr D does the full 10 second pause before the outward snore!
like Slinkeh said... I got beyond worrying, and started almost hoping
