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Do You Like Sleeping Alone or With Your Partner?

TresSugar — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:00:00 -0700

Attention spooners! It is now officially bad for your health to share your bed. According to British experts, when you share a bed with your partner and one of you moves in your sleep, there is a 50 percent chance that you will disturb the other person's sleep. And what happens when you don't get good sleep? Depression, heart disease, strokes, traffic accidents, lower productivity, and, perhaps, divorce!

Of course, one doctor (who sleeps in a different room than his wife) says if you sleep well together, there's no need to change. And I say - if you're used to sleeping with someone, the change might actually disturb your sleep too.

Does this news give you a welcome excuse to start sleeping in separate beds, or do you need the option to cuddle all night long?

The French Sleep and Eat Better Than Anyone

TresSugar — Mon, 04 May 2009 11:15:00 -0700

In addition to producing great literature and perfume, the French can now boast that they they also have the most sated sleepers and eaters. Among the world's wealthiest nations, France has a populace that sleeps and eats longer than anyone, including Spaniards, Italians, and Americans.

The average French person sleeps almost nine hours every night, and more than two hours a day are spent eating. Wow. Maybe if I eat a lot of amazingly stinky cheese with bread and red wine (slowly, of course), I can catch up on my zzzzz's!

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Why Are Dreams so Bizarre?

DearSugar — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:00:00 -0700

I love to hear about other people's dreams because they can be bizarre, especially the ones about sex or relationships since I'm convinced they're trying to tell people something juicy! Dreams can be so weird sometimes and according to Real Simple, there's actually a biological reason for it. In everyone's head, there's a part of the brain known as the prefrontal cortex, which is responsible for logic and reasoning. When you're snoozing, it goes temporarily dormant so your thoughts go uncensored. Dreams bring up snippets of old memories and recent experiences, but they're not necessarily in any semblance of order so they can seem illogical on the surface. Sometimes if you dig deeper and try to figure out what the images and events in your dreams symbolize, they can give you insight into your true feelings. Well that is for some of our dreams anyway. Other dreams may not be profound at all and could just be a patchwork of nonsense.

Experts believe that whether they make sense or not, dreams can help you emotionally understand new experiences, prepare you for change, help you cope with stress or trauma, and help you solve problems. Some experts also believe that dreams can foreshadow the future. So if you pay attention to your dreams, tell me, do they tend to have hidden meanings or messages behind them, or are your dreams usually a jumbled potpourri of absolutely nothing?

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Where Do You Stand? Sleeping Together, Literally

DearSugar — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0700

When we talk dating, there's a lot to say about first times - having sex, saying I love you, and even meeting the parents. It makes sense since those are all significant steps in a relationship and mark deepening intimacy. So what about lying down in bed with one another and going to sleep?

I know some may not agree, but in my opinion, the act of sleeping with each other is incredibly intimate. Like sex and saying "I love you," waking up next to someone in the morning can run the gamut between incredibly satisfying and panic inducing. Thus, I treat this “first” just as seriously as the others. But what do you think? Am I making too big of a deal? Where do you stand when it comes to just sleeping together?

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Group Therapy: Am I a Fool?

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:00:00 -0700

I am feeling completely unwanted in my relationship. My boyfriend of a year and a half and I live together, and we are rarely intimate. He never invites me to go out with him, even when it's not just a guys' night, and he doesn't even sleep in the same bed with me. He has insomnia problems, which he refuses to get help for, and he says he needs a TV to be able to fall asleep. I purchased a nice TV for our bedroom so that he could start sleeping in the bed with me, but that hasn't worked.

The other night he said he was tired, and he went to go lie down in the second room. When I told him I was going to sleep too, he said he would be in later. I don't understand why he can't just sleep the entire night in a bed with me. He claims he likes to have his relaxing alone time, but that doesn't make sense. Anytime I tell him that I feel unwanted he either says he will work on things or just gets angry. I don't think I am asking for all that much. If I ask him if he wants to be with me, he says of course he does, and that I should know that! I know that he hates his job and it stresses him out, but I don't think that's a good enough reason to act like this. I don't want to be without him, but I don't really want to be with him sometimes either. Why would he act like this? Is there anything I can do?

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Dear Poll: Sleeping in Separate Beds

DearSugar — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:00:00 -0700

All relationships are different and things that work for some couples don't for others. Sleeping in separate beds is one of those things. Growing up, I never realized that my grandparents having separate bedrooms was out of the norm, but as an adult, I realize that they clearly just weren't compatible bedmates. Maybe one of them snored or hogged the bed. Whatever the reason, it worked for them; they were married for over 50 years!

I personally think one of the best parts about a relationship is sleeping together. You have an instant bed warmer, someone to cuddle with throughout the night, and someone to wake up next to in the mornings. That's just me, so what about you? Would you ever consider sleeping in separate beds from your significant other?

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Cute Alert: Puppy Too Sleepy For Drinky

GiggleSugar — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:00:00 -0700

Who said you can't take a sip, sneak in some ZZZs, and soak your feet, too? It's not exactly a hot tub - the temp's on the cold side, there are no bubble jets, and the little guy's siblings keep sticking their damn tongues in the water - but it's all good. His bros will be jealous of these cuticles come tomorrow. You just wait.

Cute Alert: Now I Lay Me Down to Snore . . .

GiggleSugar — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 02:00:00 -0700

I never thought I'd consider any kind of snoring "cute," but here it is. Who would've thunk that something so tiny could make this kind of noise while sleeping? Or maybe he's not sleeping at all. Maybe this is a conniving ploy to have our attention on him at all times. Who could turn away from the sight and sound of this? His thoughts exactly.

Let Me Sleep and Get This Done, Alright?

GiggleSugar — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:00:00 -0700

Cats are known for laying low, lounging around, and catching a midday snooze whenever they feel like it. And if they "feel like it" all day long - so be it. Despite all this nap time, they manage to impress us again and again with newfound skills. What's their secret? Sleep-induced productivity. Cats have mastered the art of getting sh*t done in their sleep. It's yet another reason they're better than us (and they know it) . . .

Dear Poll: Do You Ever Sleep in the Nude?

DearSugar — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:00:00 -0700

I love my pajama bottoms; they’re super comfy and they fit just right. But sometimes I wake up so overheated that I end up ripping them off in the middle of the night. When it comes to sleeping that’s about as bare as I get, so it always surprises me to hear about how much people love sleeping in the buff. So tell me ladies, are you a clothed sleeper like me or do you get your beauty sleep in your birthday suit?

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