I am not yet married so I don't know if I would end up with a snoring wife, but I hope not to. LOL.

I had an experience with a snoring roommate during my NYSC year, at the copers' lodge. My then roommate was on the big side, so he could snore from night till morning. I couldn't sleep. His heavy snoring made me to always have sleepless night then. A times , I would go to his corner and drag his leg, he would stop for few seconds and will start from where he stopped. I later changed room because of that.

Meanwhile, I saw the article below and decided to share it since it has a correlation with my topic:
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How to Handle a Snoring Spouse

Dear Mr. Manners: When my fiance and I were dating, his occasional snoring didn’t bother me—or maybe I just didn’t notice as much because we weren’t together every night. Now we’re married, and I’m at my wit’s end with his honking, which gets going about 30 seconds after he falls asleep and goes on an on. Last night, when the snoring began, I elbowed him (gently), but he got angry and told me to leave him alone. I have two questions: Isn’t it okay for me to wake him up to stop the snoring? And if it comes to the point where someone needs to sleep in the guest bed, which one of us should it be?–Sleepless in San Diego

A: Before I get into the etiquette of poking and prodding your snorer of a husband, I want to make sure you know that while snoring is generally considered a minor “social” problem (though a major marital one), it can also be a serious health issue. It’s correlated with a heightened risk of both heart attack (snorers have a 34 percent greater chance of having one) and stroke (67 percent). Other problems include sleep apnea, drowsiness, irritability, lack of focus and decreased libido. In short, it’s important for your husband to determine why he’s snoring so much and the most helpful thing you can do is push him into making an appointment with a specialist for asleep study.

Now onto the snoring etiquette!
When I posted your question on my Facebook page, my readers came through with loads of practical advice that was clearly based on extensive experience:

*.“Many a marriage has been saved with separate bedrooms (and a two-sink bathroom).”

*.“The one who’s having anger issues should sleep in a different bed. Why do couples feel they must share a bed every night? My partner and I have separate bedrooms, we cuddle before we go to sleep in one bed or the other, then sleep separately most nights. It’s okay–really!”

*.“Instead of pushing, shoving & elbowing I tickle the hair lightly by the neck, knee or other area so he thinks it’s an itch. This makes him change breathing patterns. And then he stops snoring long enough for me to fall to sleep.”


Here’s my own advice for snorers:

1.Make sure your snoring has been properly diagnosed and you are following a treatment plan—which may include sleeping on more pillows, taking a decongestant, foregoing the nightcap and/or losing some weight.

2.Provide earplugs for bedmates.

3.Try “snore strips” such as Breath Right.

4.Tell your sleeping companion that it’s okay to wake you up when your snoring gets too loud.

5.If it takes more than two or three prods to stop your snoring, your sleep mate deserves the bed to him- or herself.


And here’s my advice for anyone sharing a bed with a snorer:

1.Remember that snoring is a medical condition, not a personal failing. Don’t exacerbate your sleeplessness with an outburst of anger.

2.If “occasional” snoring has become nightly, consider together whether there have been any changes in a partner’s health or behavior that could contribute to the increase. Regardless, be gentle with your spouse and discuss this in a non-confrontational manner—and not when you both are trying to get some zzzs.

3.Wear earplugs.

4.If the snoring continues to bother you, consider sleeping separately.

As one Facebook poster put it: “I’ve been sleeping in our guest bed on and off for 22 years. Just before he wakes up I slip back into our bed to give him a kiss to start our day.”I would only add this: Occasional prodding and poking are fine, but if you’re counting on a long and happy marriage, beware the resentment and shoving. Get to the heart of the matter as quickly as you can.


Source: http://www.everydayhealth.com/columns/steven-petrow-medical-manners/poke-prod-separate-bedrooms-how-to-handle-a-snoring-spouse/

Has snoring been a problem in your relationship?

How have you handled it?

I thank God for my life because the only problem I gat with snoring people around me is before I sleep,once I'm off forget it,you can snore all you like I care less

A person that snores doesn't know he/she snores.

I think everybody snores.
But I don't

How to deal wth a snooring partner? Slap d nonsence out of ur partner's cheek anytime he/she snores. u will thank me later.

snoring spouse

some babes snore dey naturally pursue mosquito

Lol

This is one of my strong points. I don't snore. And my sleeping pattern is not affected by a snoring partner.

I hate it I pray not to date one someday because I just can't handle it

Ah ah, funny pixl

snoring is a NO NO for me. I guess all big/fatties snore.

I will simply sleep in a different room if my partner snores

many people wil come here claiming not to snore, when in actual sense, they do.

btw fat people snore a lot. y?

Eniola Badmus go de snore like madddd

Nice tips. But i hate to be near someone who snores o.

Obinoscopy:
This is one of my strong points. I don't snore. And my sleeping pattern is not affected by a snoring partner.

u mean it doesn't affect ur sleep? wow! u & that FTC could b same in this regard. I mean adet991

diksucker:
many people wil come here claiming not to snore, when in actual sense, they do.

btw fat people snore a lot. y?

Eniola Badmus go de snore like madddd

Well not everybody snores, I dont. Someone would have joked about it or tell it to my face that I do if I actually do.

Men & women: who snores more?


I think, men do. women hardly snore

Don't you have dirty socks??

Make I wake up 1st.

Snoring has stages.I can only handle stage one

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Thank you for the info

Obinoscopy:
This is one of my strong points. I don't snore. And my sleeping pattern is not affected by a snoring partner.

You don't know that for a fact.Have you recorded youself sleeping?

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Block your partner's nose with cotton wool & see what happens. #Thankmelater

Have been having issues with people that snores until I had a son that snores every night after playing all day in school. I can't kick him out. I have to adapt sha. Lol

oscarpad:
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jaybiz007:
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signs of bad day ahead

I can't even read in peace, someone is snoring from the next compound.

A snoring partner?? That's a serious God forbid o. How on earth will you even have rest of mind?? Oh well, unless of course you both are in same carcus sha. That way, the snoring will seem more or less like music. The guy does the solo while the lady does the chorus.

My uncle has a Ph.D is snoring. His snoring can alter someone's destiny, he has different range of gears from whistle to slow motion to the violent type. I dont like sleeping to him at all.

Get him/her Snoring aid

No biggie

Just let the partner take something hot every morning and night like water or moringa leaf it will help