I’m about at my wits end … lately my boyfriend’s snoring has been getting worse and worse, and the amount of sleep I’m getting is less and less. I try nudging him and he’ll stop for a minute, but then start again … I try rolling him over on his side or his stomach, but he just keeps on snoring. Any other suggestions (other than sticking ear plugs in my ears) to solve this problem? I REALLY need to get some sleep!!! 
I’m afraid you’re probably out of luck. You’re going to have to either get used to it, sleep in another room, or get a new boyfriend. Sorry.
There is a surgical procedure that might help, if your sweetie really, really wants to prove how much he loves you. (They cut away some warbly stuff from inside the throat.)
- Doesn’t snoring tend to happen when you sleep on your back ? Maybe you can push him over when he snores, or fix a tennis ball on the back of his pajamas so it’s uncomfortable. If you find sleeping in pajamas as repulusive as I do, the back of his thong
- Snoring only happens when someone is breathing. No breathing, no snoring.
- Have hot sweaty sexy all night, that will stop him snoring. You still won’t get much sleep, but at least he’s not snoring.
- Snore back and see how he likes it.
PS. Only the first suggestion was serious.
Smack him when he does it.
[quote]Snoring can be avoided by…
No late night alcohol.
Raise bed-head.
Maintain your ideal weight.
Humidify bedroom.
Steam inhalation.
Antihistamine tablets / anti-inflammatory nasal spray.[/quote]
Does he need to lose weight? Gettiong fatter makes the snoring worse.
Brian
No, he’s a little guy.
And Flicka, I’ve tried the smacking thing and he just kicks back. :?
I sympathize with you. I absolutely cannot bear to ever share a room, tent or whatever with other men because I know their snoring will prevent me from getting any sleep. Not just that, but I find the sound intolerably annoying, enough to drive me close to madness.
The last time I was in that situation was a few years ago when I climbed Hehuanshan with a group of colleagues. We all had to share a large tatami room in the Forestry Bureau hostel before and after the climb. Although I at least managed to sandwich myself between two girls in the crowded room (the thought of coming into physical contact with a guy during the night being even more intolerable than the sound of their nocturnal exhalations), I still couldn’t sleep at all because of the racket of snoring all around. In the end, I had to leave the room in the middle of the night and pace up and down in the bitter cold outside, wishing away each crawling minute until the blessed arrival of our pre-dawn departure time.
So I really, really pity women who, once they’ve hitched up with a mate, not only have to put up with sleeping beside a dirty, smelly, disgusting male, but also have to endure his snoring night after night for ever and ever with no end in sight until they die or are widowed. Thank God I wasn’t born a female!
you sure complain like one… 
I am a snoring machine. My G/F used to complain about it but now when she’s away on business she will complain that she can’t sleep cos there’s no snoring in the room. As for being stinky taking a shower once in a while helps out.
Does he have sleep apnea?
Encourage him to get a Sleep Test, just ot be sure. I’m told these are covered by the BNHI – so cost shouldn’t be an issue. He may need to be referred to the test by a physician to make sure he gets the coverage (so have him speak to a Neurologist or Internist). Veteran’s General Hospital in Tienmou apparently has a Sleep Center, I’m sure all the major hospitals here do, too
Doctor friends here tell me the test will mean two overnight stays at the hospital. One night to ‘calibrate’ the machine, the other night to record a full nights readings (they simply wire you up to an EEG and make you wear a mask – then throughout the night, they play with the airflow thru the mask to see how it affects you). Thus, the analysis can show the effects of continuous airflow to (a) quality of sleep and (b) snoring (among ohter things, I’m sure)
I did a sleep test in Manila a few years back, and they only required one night. Costs about USD 500 bucks down there, so next time, I’m doing it here
If your boyfriend does have sleep apnea, he’ll need a CPAP Machine (about USD 1,200 and up). At first, the thought of sleeping with a tube-mask attached to one’s face (or the thought of sleeping with someone with a tube attached to their nose) might seem inconvenient, you get used to it pretty quickly. In short, you’ll swap his noisy snoring with a Darth Vadar kind of breathing effect.
You haven’t tried the army barracks!
Have you seen those elastic bandanas that joggers wear on their heads? The elastic is not terribly strong, so you might want to use two of them . . . . . but I have heard that by placing this bandana around the face . . . . . i.e. under the chin and then up and around the forehead, along the top of the hairline . . . . . should serve to keep the mouth closed during sleep, and thus should eliminate the snoring problem to some extent.
At the same time, it is not particularly uncomfortable . . . . I am told.
gus,
you sleep with a darth vader mask on?? that’s funny! 
little_buddha,
my mom has dealt with my dad’s ear-popping snoring for 54 years now. reckon you get used to it. luckily my bf only snores when he’s been drinking too much kaoliang…
isn’t it funny how it’s always the person that snores that falls asleep first. Well, I think it’s funny cuz I’m the one that snores.
You will get used to it. As mentioned above, I also had a gf that freaked out for the first couple of months and then she couldn’t sleep without hearing someone snore. When she stayed at her mother’s place (when I wasn’t there) she would leave her bedroom door open so that she could hear her mother sawing wood while she slept.
Good luck getting him to wear some sort of mask or the like. I’m sure he sleeps fine!
Earplugs would be your best bet. But make sure you have an unusually loud alarm if you opt for that choice.
I would like to say that I sympathize but I’m on the other end. I have sleep apnea but refuse to wear a spacesuit to bed.
Getting him to sleep on his stomach is your best option.
It seems like he snores whether he’s on his back, side, or stomach.
What’s worse is that he likes to cuddle up to me like a little pussy cat, arms and legs wrapped around me so I can’t move, and his head on my shoulder … thus the snoring is directed right at my ear. Last night I sent him home to sleep so I could get some sleep, but now I’m so used to not sleeping, I still didn’t get any sleep … ai-yoooooo! :?
You can buy nose plasters at Watsons, made by 3M I think. They have a springy plastic strip inside them and you stick one across your nose. The plastic strip tries to straighten out, so it kind of pulls your nostril holes open. Not uncomfortable at all and very effective, or so my wife tells me.
Ok, it’s a little after midnight, I’ve got him lying on his stomach … and HE’S STILL SNORING!!! ahhhhhhh!!! 
LBTW, have him sleep on his side…it doesn’t allow the soft palate to lie against the back of the throat which causes snoring (I think) and it’s a good opportunity to do some cuddling.
:mrgreen:
Definitely keep him on his side. I know from personal experience. Otherwise, stuff your ear plugs in his nose. That will work pretty well too. :mrgreen:
Imani is right – don’t put him on his stomach (I think it worsens the snoring?). Keep him on his side.
Alien, I haven’t been wearing the mask because I have a mild case of apnea and my girlfriend reports that I haven’t been snoring. As long as I keep my weight down, my snoring isn’t serious.
Richard, the jockstrap I used to wear on my head was to keep the mask in place. Those come with the newer CPAP systems – more comfortable and effective than the velcro strips. Since I am apneic, what I’m trying to do is sleep with my mouth OPEN when I’m not using the CPAP (with the mask on, you get this funky air-rushing-thru-my-skull effect when you open your mouth; this is when you feel like Darth Vadar).
If I didn’t sleep with my mouth open, I’d stop breathing! Besides, snoring comes from the back of the mouth (throat) – so shutting the mouth would only keep the racket down only a little