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Till bed do us apart!


We were lying in the bedroom, in the early minutes of sleep, and suddenly he jerked his hand, only to punch me hard on my eye with his elbow,"
recounts Jhanvi, a 36-year-old interior designer from Delhi. "I was already so sleep-deprived from his restlessness and snoring that I just told him, 'It's all over, honey'." Oops!!
Jhanvi's husband of 9 years, who asked not to be identified, was soon moved into another bedroom. Does this scenario sound familiar? Well, Jhanvi and her beau are just one of the many loving couples who, because of snoring, restless legs, opposite schedules or other nocturnal difficulties, decide to sleep apart. It may be hard to believe, but the fact is that wedding dichotomy is changing, and several studies done by the National Sleep Foundation reveal that between 12% and 25% of married couples are sleeping separately. These studies also show that the trend is on the rise, moving to 13% between 2001 and 2008. We explore....

A growing trend:
"There many couples sleeping separately these days," says Dr. Sharmishtha Verma, psychiatrist. She further shares, "One of my friends constantly complained that her hubby shudders himself awake at night. Her problem was severe as he did this some 20 times an hour. She finally declared that she just couldn't sleep with her husband and this resulted in a major marital ruckus. They finally came to me and we worked out an accommodating separate sleep schedule." Our lives are fairly fast paced and demanding and to function well professionally, getting a good night's rest is very important. What is interesting is that nowadays builders are accommodating this lifestyle change in the home scenario. "There is a huge demand of homes that boast of a second master bedroom. Note that a guest room was never required to be as lavish as a bedroom. So, this suite is mainly required to accommodate couples who can not share a bed overnight," shares a Noida-based builder on condition of anonymity. Even scientifically speaking, a recent study conducted by Sleep and Biological Rhythms states that women sleep less soundly when they share a bed with a romantic partner. Surprisingly, men actually sleep better when they sleep next to a woman.

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