Getting good sleep when married!

When I first started dating Preston and eventually started staying over at his house, I never noticed his snoring. Maybe it's because I was always way to exhausted from our post bedtime romp and slept like a log or maybe it's because he didn't snore. That all changed when we moved to Hilton Head. Moving states meant new plants with new pollen and a laundry list of new allergies to get used to.

At first it was gradual. He would snore one night and it would wake me up. I'd lay there waiting for him to stop and most of the time it did. Then it started getting louder and more frequent. Then laying there next to him waiting for it to stop quickly turned into feeling exhausted and drained the next morning. In all those sleepless nights, I noticed he snored the worst when he was lying on his back. From that moment on, when he would wake me up in a snoring fit, I would kick him to wake him up and ask him to roll over on his side. That worked for awhile, and then Preston started getting upset about his snoring and all of sudden it became a touchy subject. I had to think...what can I do?

1) Relocate to another room....most of the time when he'd wake me up, I'd quietly grab a pillow and a blanket and go out into the living room and pass out on the couch. He'd wake up alone in the night and wonder where I was, fall back asleep, and then when it came time for him to leave at five thirty in the morning, I'd get back up and go into the bed to sleep.

"how this worked"
It didn't! I eventually got tired of waking up and changing rooms twice during one evening. Had to find another idea.

2) The sound spa!
In theory this was a good idea. It worked for a while, but then the noises started to sound fake, and it just didn't last.

3) The pillow method!
I started to put a pillow on my head and roll over on my side to not hear really well. this worked for a while, until I got tired of feeling suffocated from the pillow!

4)Ear Plugs!
These handy little gadgets saved my marriage. I squeeze two of these in my ears at night and I'm out! I can't hear anything. the upside is that I sleep like a rock, the downside is that If an intruder ever entered my home...I'd never hear it in time to call for help! For the sake of a good nights rest...i think I'll continue to take my chances!