If you regularly find yourself decamping to the spare room (or sofa) in order to escape your partner’s snoring, wiggling or general duvet-hogging, you’re going through a sleep divorce. Incompatible sleep schedules, restless sleepers and different sleep preferences are all common causes of a sleep divorce — which is when you sleep in a separate bed to your spouse — but can also be rectified with the right mattress.
SLEEP DIVORCE MEANING
A sleep divorce is a term to describe when couples sleep in separate beds in order to improve their sleep quality, with a 2023 study by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine estimating that as many as a third of all couples sleep in a separate room to their spouse.
I’ve rounded up three of the best mattresses for couples reduced in the Cyber Monday mattress sales, all of which are geared towards getting you to share a bed again (should you even want to, of course).
From mattresses with low motion transfer (which means you won’t feel any tossing and turning from your restless partner), a sleep surface suitable for a range of sleep styles, and even a luxe smart bed option so you can each choose your own comfort levels. (If you’ve been lusting after the Sleep Number i8 for a while, there’s never been a better time to buy — there’s currently $1,200 off a queen size mattress at Sleep Number right now). Let’s take a closer look…