Get Off Me! Study Reveals Top 10 Things Couples Argue About in the Bedroom
What's all the fighting about?
Look, I didn’t need a study to tell me there’s more fighting than sex going down in the bedroom.
My husband and I generally retire to different bedrooms at night because we simply cannot reconcile our sleeping requirements.
A new study shows we are not alone. Far from it, in fact.
The study, released last month in the UK, shows that couples argue in the bedroom an average of 167 times a year. That’s what? Um… Not so good at math but that’s a lot of fighting!
Now, as the Express reports, the couples surveyed are from the UK but I’m willing to wager American couples are no different.
So with one in 10 couples in Britain fighting at least twice a week over bedroom time, what exactly are the big bones of contention? Heh heh heh. I said big bone. About a story in the bedroom. See why that’s funny? Because if this study is right there are probably no big bones in the bedroom. Because big bone means… WHAT? Not funny?
Okay.
Anyway, here are the top 10 reasons the only bone in the bedroom at least twice a week is the big, bad bone of contention.
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Snoring
More than 20% of the couples in the survey say they lose two hours of sleep every night because of the noise. 10% even say they were even considering splitting up because of it. The worst noise in the world is snoring. If I can get to sleep before my husband kicks in I'm good, but when I get my one-year-old his midnight bottle and then try to get back to sleep I'm totally screwed. Don't believe me, I caught it all on video.
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Whether To Let The Kids Sleep In The Bed
Thankfully, this is not an issue I have a problem with, mainly because I was so sleep-deprived after giving birth I couldn't wait to get the kids sleeping on their own in their own rooms. However, I understand the desire for the "family bed" and feel for those couples sleeping with tiny feet in faces and groins.
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Not In The Mood For Sex
Oh boy. The big one. "Not tonight honey, I have a headache". Yeah, I don't have a whole lot to say about this one because, yeesh, I'm over here wondering if I'll ever be in the mood again so if this is an issue for you I feel your pain, man, I feel your pain. And so does my husband.
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Hogging Covers
Do not, I repeat DO NOT mess with my covers. I will cut a bitch. I don't care if you are the father of my children, leave my covers alone or I will suffocate you with the quickness. A lot of people feel the same way. Claire Haigh, for Premier Inn which carried out the poll, said: “A lot of people are seriously affected by snoring and hogging the duvet.
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Being Too Cold
My husband has to have a fan cranking to fall asleep, which, let's not even get into the noise this thing makes, it blows icy air on me all night long and, yes, this might be nice in the middle of August but January? Not so much.
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Being Too Hot
I am rarely too hot but I feel for the folks who have to battle significant others for control of the thermostat. There is nothing worse than trying to fall asleep in a pool of your own sweat while drops of the stuff trickle down your bum crack.
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When To Turn Off The Light And Go To Slep
Oh boy. I'm guessing a majority of couples struggle with this issue. Some people like to read before going to bed, some people like to decompress in a dark room. Me? I like to fall asleep to the dulcet tones of sitcom laugh tracks. Which brings me to the next bone of contention...
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Leaving The Light On
I love falling asleep with the TV on. Nothing comforts me like hearing the laugh track of some crap sitcom while I float into dreamland. My husband, who likes to read before sleeping, cannot stand to hear the TV on while he's reading or while trying to sleep. You can imagine the dagger looks thrown across Ikea bedding we've exchanged over the years.
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Taking Up Too Much Of The Bed
Get off me! I like to sleep unfettered. Meaning, keep your big legs and arms off me. Who are you people who like to cuddle your way to sleep? I don't understand. Am I alone in my desperate desire for sleep autonomy?
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The Other Person's Cold Feet Touching You
Keep your icicles to yourself! Especially if you aren't diligent about toenail upkeep. Those daggers can seriously injure a delicate flower such as myself!
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“couples argue in the bedroom an average of 167 times a year. That’s what? Twice a week?” Um, Monica…
Ha! You’re right! I don’t even know what I was thinking when I wrote that. It’s been corrected to reflect my true idiocy. Thanks!
No slide shows of common objects!
Super funny writing. Really made me laugh. And so right on. I can picture all of these issues. Classics.
This is a post from January. I know you make money from links from your blog but jeez…
@MarilynR – Not sure what you’re talking about? I wrote this last week.
Too funny..my husband and i usually have similar sleeping habits but some nights he does keep me up with the light from his reader. Normally it’s when i go to bed in a bad mood.
Ha, ha…loved this. I’m just glad that my husband is the hot one – I put my icy feet on his leg (and he doesn’t mind!) and fall asleep with nice toasty toes!
It appears posted as Jan 26, 2012 at 10:09 am…perhaps there is a time portal on Babble
I love the TV on my husband hates it. I am always cold he is hot. I always put my cold feet on him, he’s not a fan of that little move. We seem to work it out in the end. In the winter we have a heating blanket with dual control. Great invention! He will get out of bed and get me socks and I watch netflix on my iPhone with headphones to go to sleep. LOVED this post!
“I’m over here wondering if I’ll ever be in the mood again.”
Ugh. THIS. My husband is pretty certain I hate him sometimes…and I don’t know what the hell is happening with me. We used to do it. I mean, like, a lot. Hot, awesome, ridiculously frequent sex that made me see stars. Then somewhere between getting pregnant and gaining seventy pounds, having a baby, loosing only 55 of those pounds and gaining some awesome(ly bad) stretch marks, parenting a newborn, then a toddler…somewhere in there desire became a word I had to look up in the frigging dictionary.
I WANT to want sex. I do! And maybe that’s starting to psych me out because I’m so determined to want it that I end up feeling like it’s a job? Who knows. All I know is I’d better start feeling kinky soon or something’s going to give in our house. Let me know if you find answers, okay?
@lauren I’m in the same boat as you. Read Fifty Shades. The sex draught hath ended up in my house courtesy of that mess.
Awe Lauren it will get better when the kid is a little older, trust me on that…if not go to the doc, for reals. And I’ve learned men don’t see the stretch marks and extra weight overall, they just want to do it haha. We as women judge our bodies way too harshly. Being a mom takes a lot out of you, don’t push yourself so much to want it my dear.
Liz YES heating blanket with dual control is a must!!
we compromise a lot. So managed to overcome all these issues – including the kids sharing the same bed – but….. the s.n.o.r.i.n.g… ugh~ it’s killing me.
after our baby was born i got a single bed in the nursery, haha PROBLEMS SOLVED! My husband and I are complete opposite sleepers. he likes it freezing and pitch black. i like a cooler room, but freezing – COME ON! And I also like the tv on with the sleep timer set… With baby-tending I have learned to stay up later to get stuff done and get some mommy-time (12-1-2-3-oh-my-am), while he likes to hit the sack around 9:30-10. Then there is that last matter of me liking to bring the baby into the bed in the middle of the night when i don’t feel like trekking back and forth to the nursery. Even though we have a barrier to prevent her falling off and i put my back to him when i have her in the bed he insists that he is going to kick of crush her haha. men.