Actress Cameron Diaz believes that ‘sleep divorce’ can improve marriage and suggests couples try out this idea.
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The idea may seem a bit radical, but the truth is that often, sharing a bed with another person, even with a lot of love involved, can be difficult. Whether it’s because of snoring, fights over blankets, battles for space, or many other things, sleeping together can mean not sleeping.
Actress Cameron Diaz discussed the topic in one of her interviews and gave her sincere opinion on what they call ‘sleep divorce’. Diaz believes couples should normalize the idea of sleeping in separate rooms.
“We should normalize separate rooms,” said Diaz, who has been married to Benji Madden, guitarist of the band Good Charlotte, for 8 years. “I would literally say, I have my house, you have yours. We have the family house in between. I’ll sleep in my room. You’ll sleep in your room. I’m fine.”
But sleep divorce doesn’t necessarily mean different rooms; couples can decide on alternative sleeping arrangements, like separate beds or even exclusive times for each to use the room for a while.
According to a survey conducted last year by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), 29% of U.S. residents are choosing to sleep apart from their partners. Many couples have been sleeping in separate rooms or beds as a means to cultivate more restful sleep.
The idea of ‘sleep divorce’ is gaining more and more followers, and the practice is becoming increasingly discussed on social media; for example, on TikTok, an account entirely dedicated to the theme is successful, with millions of views.
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