If you snore, the chances are, your partner is cross with you over it. But it’s not a big deal, right?
It’s tempting to think that it can’t be that much of an issue.
Well, here’s the thing; a recent survey, conducted by British Pharmacy chain Boots, has found that on average, the partners of snorers are losing an average of 90 minutes of sleep per night. That’s quite a lot, especially if it’s a chronic amount.
Let’s try something. Imagine yourself in that partner’s shoes, and do the math on it with me.
Across one night, that ninety minutes lost takes you from 8 hours to just under 7. Across the five nights of a working week, that loses you 7.5 hours. That’s almost a whole night’s worth. Let’s just say Friday’s looking like a tough proposition at that point.
Let’s assume you get a little back due to a lie-in at the weekend. That’ll just about break even, if your sleep is still interrupted on Saturday and Sunday night. So you’re still losing almost a full night’s sleep every week. That’s not good news. You’re going to be less focussed, less able to concentrate during the day. You’re most likely going to be crochety and irritable, too.
Now, what if you knew that the cause of this disturbance was your partner lying there next to you, making an intermittent noise that is comparable in decibel terms to a pneumatic drill (some snorers have been recorded at a volume of 69 decibels- a drill averages 70 to 90)?
How would that make you feel?
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