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How We Sleep Readers of the Times Union’s On The Edge blog give us a look at the sleep habits of people in the Capital Region:
How old are you? 31-40 (34%) 21-30 (24%) 41-50 (20%) 51 or older (20%)
My side (49%) My side, back and stomach depending on my mood (34%)
If you live with your partner, how do you sleep?
My stomach (12%)
We share a bed (82%)
What time do you go to bed?
We sleep in different rooms (17%)
My back (5%)
After 10, but before the latenight news (52%)
20 or younger (2%)
We sleep in separate beds in the same room (1%)
What do you wear to bed?
How large is your bed?
Pajamas (52%)
A queen for me (62%)
My underwear (29%)
It’s got to be a king (23%)
Nothing but skin (19%)
A full bed (13%)
The party doesn’t get started till after midnight (8%)
A twin is all I need (2%)
I work nights (2%)
I stay up for Letterman/Fallon and then it’s bedtime (15%)
How do you feel about spooning?
My partner’s most-annoying sleep habit is that he/she
Love it. I’d spoon on the street if it wouldn’t get me weird looks (56%)
Snores (47%)
The only spoon I favor is the one I stick in my ice cream (23%) If he/she is into it, that’s fine, but I don’t particularly care for it (21%)
Is a bed/cover hog (15%) Likes the room much colder/ warmer than I do (12%) Other (11%) Tosses and turns (8%) Likes noise/silence and I do not (7%)
accept a lack of closeness, if that means getting a better night’s sleep. “Sometimes people are perfectly fine sleeping in separate bedrooms,” says Weiss. “They say, ‘she sleeps comfortably, I sleep comfortably, and we have breakfast together in the morning and are perfectly fine.’ Others see it as a rift in the marriage and will come to me with the goal of getting back in the bed together.” So what can you do to regain physical closeness in bed, if that’s what you seek? If it’s snoring, or some other medical condition, see a professional. Sometimes medication or a change in lifestyle can be all it takes to tweak the issue. Tools — such as a larger bed (or one with separate firmness adjustments on each side), a “cooling”
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During primetime TV (23%)
pillow, a fan or white noise machine or earplugs — can also help. And sometimes all you need is a little understanding about yourself and your relationship. “While much more research needs to be done to explore the connection between sleep position and marital satisfaction, we can surmise that many people who are happy with their relationships like to have some physical contact with their spouse while sleeping,” Nickerson says. “Although 66 percent of those who sleep further apart are happy with their relationships — so it’s best to conclude that sleeping position might be an indicator of emotional closeness — it’s certainly not the only or most important indicator.”
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