My partner snores so loudly that I haven't slept in our bed for eight months and we're both defensive about it - they feel shame and keep promising to get help but don't follow through, and I feel guilty for being resentful about sleeping in the guest room. We're barely touching anymore and both pretending this isn't destroying our intimacy.
More people experience this than they realize.
Sleep disruption from snoring creates a cascade of relationship problems involving shame, resentment, and physical distance that couples often struggle to address directly.
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