Snoring Sucks: 6 Couples Sound Off About This Noisy Nuisance

Imagine one minute that you’re soaring through dreamland, on the back of a magical dragon no less, and the next, you’re jerked awake by what sounds like a dying hippopotamus. It may be better if that irritating noise was, in fact, coming from a wild animal, but more often than not, it’s escaping from the gaping mouth of your snoozing significant other. Snoring. It’s a problem that plagues more than 90 million Americans, according to sleep experts. Snoring can often be funny, and even somewhat cute at first, but a chronically sleep-deprived bunkmate is no laughing matter. That’s why we’ve partnered with Sleep Number to talk to real couples about how snoring affects their relationship and sleeping arrangements, and to learn the weird hacks they use to stay sane and snuggle on. Here’s what they had to say: 1. Maria and Jim ― Together 27 years, married for 17 Maria: “Jim snores like a slumbering bear. After years of putting up with the snorting and wheezing, I realized that when he wasn’t loud, he was often not breathing at all for several seconds. As a consequence of not breathing, he got fitted with a c-Pap (positive airway pressure) mask which helps him breathe properly while asleep. [The mask causes] its own issues if there is a light sleeper in the same bed. If it doesn’t seal properly to his face, it sounds like a teapot whistling in my ear at 3 a.m., and feels like someone blowing a steady stream of air into m...
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