For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for March 24, 2019

Well, how is John s’posed to sleep, El, if you’re (undeniably) snoring?

If Elly wakes up John every time he is snoring then he will never get any sleep and he will be exhausted the next day. It’s not like a snorer is going to stop snoring just because you wake him up. When he goes back to sleep, he will start snoring again.

Elly’s rationale is probably that she can fall asleep before he falls asleep again. Even so, his snoring will probably wake her up again even if she’s asleep first. Her solution of waking him up is temporary at best. I speak from experience on this.

What’s really embarrassing is when your own snoring wakes you up (I’ve had that happen, by the way)!

Better have that looked at. It isn’t normal or healthy.

Time for separate bedrooms. :)

my wife snores like curly howard….

My husband snores like you wouldn’t believe. When we were first married it took some adapting…until I read a Dear Abby letter. The letter was written by a woman whose husband was a heavy snorer, but after he died, she would give anything to hear him snore again. After reading that, I have trouble sleeping if I DON’T hear him snore! I’d rather hear him snore than the alternative.

I wear ear plugs.

You have to learn the tuck and roll. Take hold of the opposite arm, cross it over their body, roll them on to their side and then gently bend that arm at the elbow. Now they are on their side and most of the time they stop snoring. Beware the ones that flip back over immediately onto their back – that is where having a guest room comes in handy!The hubby snored for 30 years so I learned a trick or two to get him to stop snoring without waking him up :)

Lynn’s Comments:

I once recorded my husband snoring so he could actually hear how he sounded. He retaliated later by recording me!

Turnabout is fair play?

When you are old it’s the best way to know your partner is still breathing.

Hello pot. Hello kettle. Guess what, your both the same color. I wonder is snoring kept wild animals away in the dark nights of our human past, or if it was a sign to the creatures of the night to come and cull the human herd?

He snores like a chainsaw, and she snores like a jackhammer?

My grandsons recorded their sleeping mother’s snores on their cell phone, and played it back for her, after she claimed that SHE never snored.

You could always spend the big bucks for an adjustable bed with two remotes. Just jack up his side (or yours) when the snoring starts. Works in the TV commercial for the bed!

My husband does it all the time better still when he asks if he was snoring..

My husband snores and he’s a very light sleeper, so he wakes himself up often. He claimed it was me, but I do not snore. (Suffice it to say that my mother didn’t approve of snoring so I learned not to.)

Anyway, I recorded us one night and all you could hear was his snores and my deep, slow breaths. Cured him of accusing me of disrupting his sleep. He still snores, though. Dr says it’s not Sleep Apnea, so I don’t worry too much about it. The only time it bothers me is when he falls asleep before I do.

My petite 110 lb wife can fall asleep in an instant and in an instant snore like a 1st class Bo’sun’s Mate …

earplugs work wonders

Yeah, why is it the person who snores the loudest is the first one to go to sleep? My wife and I both wear CPAPs, but I can still hear what is left of her snoring. And yes, I too have resorted to earplugs. Mostly because of her mask leaks. She says the leak is not significant. HAH!