what? i can’t hear you!
I was trying to think of a cute introduction to this post but let’s just cut to the chase shall we?
My husband snores and not in the sort of quiet it makes you giggle because he fell asleep in a big comfy chair kind of snore. It’s more like a hibernating bear kind of snore. (Hi sweetie, I love you). It is not every night and it isn’t always so bad but I needed a solution for the times when it is.
In asking around, I found that I am not the only one who’s husband serenades us in the middle of the night. My bestest best tries to get her sweetie to roll over, another friend just wakes her husband up enough to stop the snoring and tries to go back to sleep before it starts again. Some one suggested that I use head phones and listen to music to drown out the snoring. A few other ladies, including my mom, just go sleep in another room.
Jerr is hard to wake up even just enough to get him to roll over a bit. Most headphones hurt my ears and the music keeps me up just as much as the snoring. More importantly, I don’t want to sleep in another room. My couch is really comfy and I’ll take naps there occasionally but I don’t want to sleep on it. I just don’t. I love my room. I love my bed. I love Jerry and I love sleeping and waking up next to him each day.
I hemmed and hawwed for a few months until I finally decided to give earplugs a try. I was so hestant to use them because I was afraid they would cut out too much noise. What if one of my kids needed me? What is there was an emergency phone cal in the middle of the night? What if I didn’t hear my alarm in the morning? All of these concerns have been put to rest. The earplugs dont’ drown out all the noise, I can still hear my alarm and the phone and the kids but it reduces the noise next to me to allow me to easily go back to sleep.
They work so well I am considering using them in other situations:
- When the kids are arguing and want me to settle it? What? I can’t hear you!
- When the home phone is ringing and I know it’s not for me (it is NEVER for me)? What? I can’t hear you!
- When the kids want me to pay them the allowance I owe them NOW! What? I can’t hear you!
- How bout when I’m getting the ‘That’s so unfair!!’ speech? What? I can’t hear you!
- Or if my sweetheart wants to tell me an inappropriate joke? What? I can’t hear you!
- And that 15 page term paper my professor just assigned? What? I can’t hear you!
I’m thinking these things are going to come in really really handy 
What would you tune out if you could?
I think I would just buy him the small nose strips and hope for the best.
I loved this! I keep ear plugs in my nightstand for when my husband’s snoring gets out-of-hand. Since allergy-season is upon this, I’ll be getting them out very soon! I do admire your other uses however!