Snoring - Strategies

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Today my mother's best friend is coming to stay. She'll be sleeping in the room next to mine, and there's a little gap in the wall that allows you to hear everything.

I really like her, but there's one big problem. She snores. And not in a gentle, ladylike way, either. When she's on holiday, people from about 5 doors down complain about the noise of her snoring. In the past her daughter's gone outside and spent the night sleeping in hotel car park.

My mother shared a hotel room with her once, and ended up moving to the bathroom floor with ear plugs - and even then she was kept awake all night by the noise.

So does anyone have any advice for sleeping in close proximity to a person whose snoring rivals a pneumatic drill?

At the moment my gameplan involves a triple dose of alcohol, weed and night nurse, and a couple of powerful orgasms for good measure. I'm not convinced it'll work, but at least I'll have fun trying.
 
My husband is a loud snorer.

I'm a light sleeper.

I bought a large fan and I turn it on as a white noise generator.
 
White noise generator.

Ear plugs.

A pillow to put over your head.

Add drinking heavily if the above three aren't sufficient.
 
Those sticky things. I can't remember what they're called. They look sorta like a bandaid and you stick them over the top of your nose, and they pull the nasal passages open. This would be for the snorer to wear, Zade, not you. ;)
 
Those sticky things. I can't remember what they're called. They look sorta like a bandaid and you stick them over the top of your nose, and they pull the nasal passages open. This would be for the snorer to wear, Zade, not you. ;)

I haven't yet gotten to the point that I could ask another person to wear them. I'd rather lose sleep.
 
White noise generator.

Ear plugs.

A pillow to put over your head.

Add drinking heavily if the above three aren't sufficient.

lol, hubby says no the pillow is to put over their head firmly;):D
 
I think most people know they snore, so why would that be offensive?

Because you're supposed to love someone just the way they are? (no, that's not it)

Over years of practice, my brain doesn't panic at the snoring. That and the white noise are my solution. Otherwise if the damned strip slipped off and I tried to put the thing back on, or I got mad because he forgot it, that's my problem, not his.

I need a solution I can control.

It's a bit like saying "Why wouldn't someone use birth control? They know they could have a baby"

However, the person who pays the consequences in my view is the most responsible.
 
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Industrial ear plugs.

Those are now on my shopping list for this afternoon. Thank you :rose:

Dunnow if they'll do the job, though... My mum uses them on holiday when they're sharing a room, but sometimes she ends up sleeping on the bathroom floor because the ear plugs aren't enough :(
 
White noise generator.

Ear plugs.

A pillow to put over your head.

Add drinking heavily if the above three aren't sufficient.

Looking very smart, Jomar! :D

My head gets hot at night, so the pillow might not work. But the drinking heavily is tempting. If I drink enough will it knock me out? :confused:
 
Those sticky things. I can't remember what they're called. They look sorta like a bandaid and you stick them over the top of your nose, and they pull the nasal passages open. This would be for the snorer to wear, Zade, not you. ;)

Damn! That sounded like the perfect simple solution! :rose:

Gave me an idea, though - if I tape my ears closed, will that work better than ear plugs?
 
as well as the alcohol?

Unfortunately no - headaches.

I'm the lightest sleeper I know. Benadryl gets my head to detach enough so that my mind isn't racing in the usual 56 directions at once.

Worked once when I had the flu and took an antihistamine. I'd tried sleeping pills and they just made me groggy. Benadryl doesn't mess my body up but just lets me shut my head down for the night.

I suppose that's part of my secret too...big fan for white noise, Benadryl to make sleeping seem like it's a good idea even though there's still stuff to do or think.
 
Unfortunately no - headaches.

I'm the lightest sleeper I know. Benadryl gets my head to detach enough so that my mind isn't racing in the usual 56 directions at once.

Worked once when I had the flu and took an antihistamine. I'd tried sleeping pills and they just made me groggy. Benadryl doesn't mess my body up but just lets me shut my head down for the night.

I suppose that's part of my secret too...big fan for white noise, Benadryl to make sleeping seem like it's a good idea even though there's still stuff to do or think.


I'll give it all a go. If you see me posting here at 3am my time it's a bad sign...

Thanks for the suggestions, though :rose:
 
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