Miniature Tiffs #1 - snoring

Katerina described one of the little tiffs her and the BoyF had the other night.

'He snores really loudly' she declared over our meal last night at the flat.'

Snoring is never a good thing. In fact, I'm pretty sure I'd have a real problem sleeping with a snorer. And just for the record, I don't snore myself and therefore what I say is totally unhypocritical.

'Normally, if I get him to turn over. the snoring stops' she continued on a more positive note.

'but the other night, he just wouldn't. He kept telling me that he was tired and that he needed sleep (this was accompanied by an impression). It's because I'm tired he said, I need to sleep.

'bullshit' she said, 'it's not because you're tired, it's because there's something stuck in your nose.'

'No, really, it's because I'm tired.'

Both Katerina and I agreed at this point that it was indeed bullshit.

'i was tempted to throw him out of my bed' she said.

'Oh, you could have come into my room and pulled out the extra mattress' I said.

The flat is big enough and offers a number of solutions in this respect - sofas, floors, mattresses - anything to avoid spending a night feeling as though you're on Old McDonald's farm.

And so we proceeded to discuss our annoyance at people who snore and thought of ways in which to combat what's clearly a physical disorder.

We also both agreed that we would research snoring in order to ascertain why on earth people do it, and to prove the boyF wrong.

A few moments ago, Katerina sent me a message on Facebook: -

''Excerpt taken from Wikipedia confirms what we discussed yesterday is correct including the 'something stuck in nasal passage theory':

'Snoring is the vibration of respiratory structures and the resulting sound, due to obstructed air movement during breathing while sleeping. The sound may be soft or loud and unpleasant. The structures are usually the uvula and soft palate. The irregular airflow is caused by a blockage, due to causes including:

Throat weakness causing the throat to close during sleep
Mispositioned jaw, often caused by tension in muscles
Fat gathering in and around the throat
Obstruction in the nasal passageway
Statistics on snoring are often contradictory, but at least 30% of adults and perhaps as many as 50% of people in some demographics snore.[1][2] One survey of 5713 Italian residents identified habitual snoring in 24% of men and 13.8% of women, rising to 60% of men and 40% of women aged 60 to 65 years; this suggests an increased susceptibility to snoring as age increases.[3]

Snoring is usually an involuntary act, but may also be produced voluntarily.

According to Dr. William C Dement, of the Stanford Sleep Center, anyone who snores and has daytime drowsiness should be evaluated for sleep disorders.''

So...now we all know.

Didn't manage to ask her if the BoyF was there to hear her presentation. Though, something tells me, he'll soon know.