Separate bedrooms

[ajva]

Had Stef's pal Tony over today for a long lunch. I do like Tony - he's good fun. Anyway, I've just said goodnight to both of them (Stef and Tony, that is), and now face a good night's sleep. It's Stef's turn to take Charlie into his room in his Moses basket, leaving me a free hand

Comments

[dreamsewing]

I don't think I could live with P if we *didn't* have separate bedrooms! My snoring would ruin what little sleep he gets, and I am a rotisserie sleeper ( have to turn every 15 minutes) due to back/stomach pain. The one bed(room) thing is actually kind of modern though isn't it, I remember all those 50's films with either 2 beds or 2 bedrooms. From my grana's generation backwards, 2 bedrooms was the norm unless financially unable. So perhaps the one bedroom thing is an economic/class expression

[emmy_mallow]

I'd love a space of my own. If we ever move then I'd like my own space. Possibly not sleep in but just to have my own space in the house. I grew up in a tiny house and shared with my sister till I went off to university. University was the only time I ever had my own space.

[bethanthepurple]

When I move in with L we have decided that separate rooms is an essential. I need a space where I know I can kick everyone else out if needed.

[valkyriekaren]

If I were to live with a partner again, separate bedrooms would be an absolute must-have. Partly it's a poly thing - I would want to be able to have a date stay the night without kicking my partner out of his/her bed - but partly I also like having my own space.

[indigo_violet]

Ceej and I have separate rooms for a zillion reasons not just his snoring! We keep different hours, he goes to bed later than I do and gets up at the crack of dawn and generally needs less sleep than me. He lives messy while I live uber-tidy. He likes the radio on all night whereas I require blissful silence. He likes the window open at night, even in December.

But yeah, people look at me like I'm off another planet when I tell them we have separate rooms until I say the thing about the snoring. Then they drop it.

[lovingboth]

Yep, the messy issue is a big one.