When couples love each other but dread bedtime together, a sleep divorce may be the solution. Eli McCann, a lawyer and humor columnist in Salt Lake City, Utah, recently tried out the concept by accident when a hotel reservation didn't turn out as expected. "My husband and I stayed in a hotel room last night that had two beds and I now understand Lucy and Ricky Ricardo," he in June 2024.
"Slept so well I saw the face of God. I look 20 again. I genuinely think my life expectancy might be 150 now.
" McCann, 40, describes his home sleeping situation as becoming "absurd" over the years. The couple's two dogs sleep in bed with them, and McCann's husband is a very active sleeper and "instinctive snuggler," he says, meaning McCann gets a sliver of the bed’s territory. "At the hotel, it felt amazing to spread out on my own space without bumping into another body," McCann tells TODAY.
com. "I also didn’t have to worry about my own movements disturbing anyone. I fell asleep almost instantly — very abnormal for me — and slept through the night.
" He recalls that his great-grandparents slept in separate rooms when he was growing up because they couldn’t agree on room temperature. McCann once thought they must have hated each other, but now believes they were geniuses. "I don’t anticipate a permanent sleep divorce in my life, but I do think we will likely sleep in separate rooms more often, particularly if one of us has a big day ahead," he says.
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