Should couples sleep Apart?

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Sleeping together is an important way for couples to feel connected to one another. While many partners can live happily together; they just can’t sleep well side by side.

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What might happen if we don’t sleep in the same bed as our partner? After all, studies of happiness and relationships advocate staying close throughout the night. Professor Richard Wiseman, at the University of Hertfordshire, found that 94 per cent of couples that spend the night in physical contact with each other were happy in their relationship, compared to just 68 per cent of those who don’t touch at night.

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From a biochemical perspective, we are told that sleeping next to someone lowers the stress hormone cortisol and that this is maximised by cuddling in bed. ‘Pillow talk’ is known to release the love hormone oxytocin which is known to induce bonding feelings and to help the body relax and to encourage healing and to reduce blood pressure.

 

8 Replies to “Should couples sleep Apart?

  1. Have had my fair share of experience on this, I almost lost my wife to another guy because we slept separately and our intimacy was dwindling. Couples should sleep together

  2. Marriage comes with its challenge and sharing same bed could be one of them because of the shortcomings of a partner but I still insist on sleeping together.

  3. In as much as I don’t like it but I sleep in a separate room from my husband, I just can’t stand the fact that he doesn’t like taking a night bath when he comes from work

  4. Different strokes for different people , well there are no fast rules. I think couples should do what suit them

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