Those of you with S/O that snore...

**slleipnir** · 08-25-2008, 07:25 PM

Does it bother you? How do you deal with it? My boyfriend snores really loud and falls asleep almost instantly. I take a while to fall asleep and the snoring keeps me up. I try and sleep first, but I'm a light sleeper so I'd wake up at any little thing. Sorry for the pointless thread...just curious if anyone has found a way around it. Neither of us get much sleep because of it...(he snores and I curse ;D)

**Taz_Zoee** · 08-25-2008, 07:32 PM

I know how you feel. I am also a light sleeper and he falls asleep instantly. He doesn't snore too much, but when he does I'll either turn over or nudge him in some way and that usually makes him stop. He snores worse the more exhausted he is (or the more he drinks

).
You could have him try those breath rite strips that opens the nasal passage. An ex-boyfriend from years ago used those and they worked.
Otherwise, I go sleep on the couch.

**Moesha** · 08-25-2008, 07:33 PM

Have you tried earplugs?

**krazyaboutkatz** · 08-25-2008, 08:12 PM

There's also a special pillow that you can buy that is supposed to help snoring. I'm also a very light sleeper and I always wear ear plugs at night just so I don't hear any outside noise but that doesn't stop my cat Sunny from waking me up.LOL

**Marigold2** · 08-25-2008, 08:39 PM

I remember waking up one night and wondering who was cutting down a tree.

Just Steve snoring. LOL I turn him on his side and that often helps, if not I wake him up and he has to rub my back then, that makes us both fall asleep. If all else falls I go sleep in Benny's room.

**kitten645** · 08-25-2008, 09:22 PM

Can't help with S/O but I can sympathize. I'm a VERY light sleeper and just last night woke up and thought "What the heck is that noise?" Took me a while to track it down but it was Hobbes snoring his head off!

I gave him a belly rub and that seems to stop it. Turns into purrs that are much more soothing!

Claudia

**Medusa** · 08-26-2008, 06:46 AM

Originally Posted by Moesha

Have you tried earplugs?

They do work, I've had to use them, but be careful. I pushed them too deep into my ear and punctured my ear drum. After that, it was separate bedrooms. We came together on occasion, if you get my meaning. LOL

**anna_66** · 08-26-2008, 07:07 AM

Seems like everyone else has posted what I've done

How about trying a Unisom or Tylenol PM?

**AdoreMyDogs** · 08-26-2008, 10:03 AM

My husband snores so badly that even trough earplugs and having a pillow over my ears, I can't ever sleep with him. He snores worse then I've ever heard anyone snore. It shakes the bed it's so obnixious. It can be heard throughout the entire house. Right now we're talking about sleeping in different rooms because I never get any sleep. I'm a light sleeper and it's not comfortable sleeping with earplugs every night, but I must. I wish they had earplugs that blocked out everything, but then I wouldn't hear Quinn if she cries. Sleeping on the sofa is an option I guess, but it's always covered in cat and dog hair. I can live with the dog hair, but I get itchy around my cats and the cats don't sleep on my bed ever, so my bed is always free of cat hair. Whoever sleeps on the sofa also gets licked on the face by either of the dogs, and that's very annoying.

I'm not sure what to do about this horrendous snoring I have to live with on a daily basis.

I guess I just won't ever sleep a full night.

**leansnslobbers** · 08-27-2008, 03:38 PM

Originally Posted by slleipnir

Does it bother you? How do you deal with it? My boyfriend snores really loud and falls asleep almost instantly. I take a while to fall asleep and the snoring keeps me up. I try and sleep first, but I'm a light sleeper so I'd wake up at any little thing. Sorry for the pointless thread...just curious if anyone has found a way around it. Neither of us get much sleep because of it...(he snores and I curse ;D)

Oh honey, I feel your pain. My S/O snores HORRIBLY and I'm a light sleeper as well. I no longer sleep in the bed at night. He and my great dane sleep in the bed together (the dane snores too, lol) and Corvus and I sleep on the couch. I have to keep a fan running (white noise) so that I can drown him out.

I gave up on sleeping in the bed like a normal person. We tried all sorts of things for him. He has lost some weight, which has helped some, but even if he didn't snore, he's still a tosser and a turner and I just can't sleep like that. I was always catching an elbow in the face or something when he would roll over.