Are sleepless nights destroying YOUR relationship?


  • Yogabed surveyed 2,000 Americans to examine just how much fatigue impacts a relationship 
  • According to the survey, one in seven couples have nearly split because they can’t sleep in the same bed as their partners 
  • The average person suffers from 182 nights of disturbed sleep a year 
  • Sleeping habits that drive a wedge between partners include snoring, hogging the covers, and too much tossing and turning

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If you’re having relationship woes, you might want to take a look at your bedroom behavior.

The average couple has 24 fights a year due to disrupted sleep, according to Yogabed‘s new survey, which explored the sleep habits of 2,000 Americans while examining just how much fatigue impacts a relationship.

The findings show that the average person suffers from 182 nights of disturbed sleep per year — and it’s their partners who have proved to be the biggest source of their sleepless nights. 

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Seriously? The average couple gets in 24 fights every year because of disrupted sleep 

Research: Yogabed surveyed 2,000 Americans to examine just how much fatigue impacts a relationship

More than half of people in relationships admitted to regularly grumbling because they struggle to sleep next to their partner and one in seven have nearly split because they can’t get a good night’s rest when they are in bed with their significant others. 

Those who responded to the survey named snoring, hogging the covers, and too much tossing and turning as just some of the ways their partners have prohibited them from having a night of restful sleep. 

Other sleeping habits that drive a wedge between partners includes breathing on the other person’s neck, bad breath, and being scraped accidentally by the other’s toenails. 

Deal breaker: One and seven couples have nearly split because they can’t sleep in the same bed as their partners

‘Sharing your life with someone means disagreements are bound to happen, but if you’re tired and cranky it’s going to be that much harder to resolve them,’ said Yogabed spokeswoman Diane Silver.

‘Getting enough sleep just has to be a priority. So, if the person you love is disrupting the hours you need, it’s not surprising that many people simply have to get creative with their solutions.’ 

According to the survey, taking medication or sleeping in different rooms are the most common ways people attempt to deal with the problems they face in bed with their partners.   

Temporary solution: Out of those surveyed, 25 per cent admitted to sleeping on the couch

Giving up? A third of the respondents who live with their partners admit to sleeping in separate beds 

One in five Americans has taken sleeping medication just to catch some z’s next to a partner, while a quarter of those surveyed have slept on the couch when a partner’s sleeping habits became too much to handle.

COMMON SLEEP HABITS THAT CAUSE FRICTION

Snoring

Hogging the covers

Constant tossing and turning

Passing gas

Talking while you’re trying to fall asleep

Sleep talking

Accidently hit/smacked you

Prefers a warm room/different temperature

They want to cuddle when you don’t

They roll over to your side of the bed (leaving the other side empty)

Bad breath

Scratch you with their toenails

Too much cuddling

Wake you up to go check a suspicious sound

They breathe on your neck

Their hair gets in your face

They sleep with pets on the bed

They drool

They sleepwalk

They don’t allow pets to sleep on the bed

And it seems like people get much better sleep when they are in bed alone. Of those surveyed 40 per cent said they slept better on their own compared with the 30 per cent of respondents who said they get a better night’s rest when their partners are around. 

This is perhaps the reason why a third of the participants who live with their partners admitted that they occasionally sleep in separate beds. 

Meanwhile, the survey also revealed that not everyone believes that you should never go to bed angry.   

Results showed the average couple typically goes to bed not talking to each other or with arguments unresolved at least six times a year.

Nearly a quarter have had to have words with a partner because they got crumbs in the bed or made a mess with food, and a third of couples have had grumbles over the mattress they use with one preferring a soft mattress while the other likes things firmer.

‘Like anything else in relationships, sharing a bed is about making things work through compromise,’ Diane said. 

‘Whether that means buying a larger mattress, outfitting the guest room with a comfortable mattress, or just clipping your toenails more regularly, there is plenty you can do to help ensure a great night’s sleep.’ 

However, some people may not even realize that their partners are having trouble sleeping next to them.   

The revealing survey showed that as many as a third of the men in relationships admitted that they pretend to like cuddling in bed because they’re too afraid to tell their partner the truth.

And one in five men secretly hate ‘snuggling’ and confess they wait for their partner to fall asleep before slyly moving away.

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