Razors Edge ★ Posted January 2, 2020 Share #1 Posted January 2, 2020 Watching the Crown, and as you see in a lot of pre-70s era movies/TV, there are married folks that have separate sleeping beds. The royals have adjoining bedrooms, so two beds, two rooms. I know from chatting with folks over the years that there seem to be a LOT of married folks into the separate beds & separate rooms sleeping arrangements. Is this just something that comes with aging and needing space to actually sleep well? We're still two humans, one dog in our bed, but I do see how having my own bed & room might allow me to sleep in undisturbed quite easily. Right now, my wife - who gets up first - always seems to want to chat when she wakes up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted January 2, 2020 Share #2 Posted January 2, 2020 I think to some degree this is affected by the difference in sleeping habits and how much one is disturbed by someone waking up and getting out of bed several times a night. It also becomes less of a problem as one begins to lose their hearing. So yes, some of these habits definitely change with age and personal preference. If we slept together during lambing, neither of us would get much sleep, and in time would become worthless on the job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
late Posted January 2, 2020 Share #3 Posted January 2, 2020 My grandparents had separate beds. That was common, back in the day. We're retired, and sleep together. I would prefer a king size bed, at this point, but that's as far as I want to take it. Unless I win the lottery and get a mansion with hot and cold running blondes. Then I'd need an even bigger bed 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted January 2, 2020 Share #4 Posted January 2, 2020 Let me just throw this out there. Fleas and birth control. Boom! Shaka-laka. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted January 2, 2020 Share #5 Posted January 2, 2020 Pre 70's TV were based on a different set of moral restrictions. A couple, married or otherwise, could not be filmed being in the same bed - think the Dick VanDyke show. I seem to remember that there was an out that 2 could be in the same bed if one had at least one foot on the floor, but that's not very realistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead ★ Posted January 2, 2020 Share #6 Posted January 2, 2020 One bed, two,people, one and a half dogs. I sometimes go sleep in the other room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted January 2, 2020 Share #7 Posted January 2, 2020 One bed for 44 years. With this latest development my wife can’t sleep lying down flat. She has been sleeping in a recliner. I think the time is coming to possibly get a hospital bed or maybe a hospital room. I don’t like to think about that. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted January 2, 2020 Share #8 Posted January 2, 2020 Same bed. I have two sets of friends that sleep keep in separate rooms, both because of snoring. My in laws moved to separate rooms as soon as all the kids were gone as Mom in law is a very light sleeper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share #9 Posted January 2, 2020 4 minutes ago, Longjohn said: One bed for 44 years. With this latest development my wife can’t sleep lying down flat. She has been sleeping in a recliner. I think the time is coming to possibly get a hospital bed or maybe a hospital room. I don’t like to think about that. They do make those split adjustable beds where one half can be set in a recline, while the other is flat, but I never tried one. When you are having a tough time sleeping, it really makes the rest of the day tough as well. We take a good nights sleep for granted, but it really is priceless. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted January 2, 2020 Share #10 Posted January 2, 2020 2 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: When you are having a tough time sleeping, it really makes the rest of the day tough as well. We take a good nights sleep for granted, but it really is priceless. Yeah, the last think we would want here is a grumpy Razor. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
late Posted January 2, 2020 Share #11 Posted January 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Kzoo said: Pre 70's TV were based on a different set of moral restrictions. A couple, married or otherwise, could not be filmed being in the same bed - think the Dick VanDyke show. I seem to remember that there was an out that 2 could be in the same bed if one had at least one foot on the floor, but that's not very realistic. While that's true, the history is such that families would once all sleep together on a pile of something. Mattresses didn't get popular until the mid 1800s when they started being manufactured. Anyway, you had this trend of improvements that made it possible for smaller numbers of people to sleep together, until you get to one person to one bed. But then beds got bigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted January 2, 2020 Share #12 Posted January 2, 2020 1 bed... He tends to like king size. My response: why do we need that..it costs so much...the bed, the bedsheets, duvet, etc. I'm a little person, he's average. So 1 king size in 1 city and 1 double in another city. What is interesting, is seeing twin bed against each other in some European hotels and same in Japan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted January 2, 2020 Share #13 Posted January 2, 2020 1 king bed, 2 people, one cat - when it feels like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far Posted January 2, 2020 Share #14 Posted January 2, 2020 Too many years away from home + 2 x diagnosed sleep disorders + 1 retirement = 2 bedrooms => 2 decent nights’ sleep (usually) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12string Posted January 2, 2020 Share #15 Posted January 2, 2020 One double bed, 2 adults, no pets allowed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan ★ Posted January 2, 2020 Share #16 Posted January 2, 2020 4 hours ago, late said: hot and cold running blondes Cold running blondes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted January 2, 2020 Share #17 Posted January 2, 2020 3,864 Marriott nights in the past 36 years. That is close enough to separate rooms. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan ★ Posted January 2, 2020 Share #18 Posted January 2, 2020 My in-laws sleep in separate rooms because my FIL gets up to pee a few times during the night. mr. and I share a queen sized bed and hug each other off and on throughout the night. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
late Posted January 2, 2020 Share #19 Posted January 2, 2020 1 hour ago, roadsue said: Cold running blondes? It's a pun, hon. The expected conclusion to a mansion with hot and cold running... would be water. It's also has layers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted January 2, 2020 Share #20 Posted January 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Wilbur said: 3,864 Marriott nights in the past 36 years. That is close enough to separate rooms. So you've actually counted. There were times, on his solo cross-continental bike touring trips, I said to him in evening via phone call or Skype: the hotel experience and money spent would be better/maxed out, if I joined him there. He would show via his computer camera, some lovely and also some crappy hotel rms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan ★ Posted January 2, 2020 Share #21 Posted January 2, 2020 18 minutes ago, late said: It's a pun, hon. The expected conclusion to a mansion with hot and cold running... would be water. It's also has layers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted January 2, 2020 Share #22 Posted January 2, 2020 Just now, shootingstar said: So you've actually counted. There were times, on his solo cross-continental bike touring trips, I said to him in evening via phone call or Skype: the hotel experience and money spent would be better if I joined him there. Nah, it is on my profile. Missing of course, are all the other hotel brand stays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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