Women lose 3 weeks' sleep/year to hubby's snoring

June 16, 2011 13:41

Another one of those hairbrained studies we were telling you about...

A study finds that one in three women lose three weeks' of sleep every year because of their husband'ssnoring. The survey of 2,500 adults also found that snoring is such a nightmare that 39 per cent of other halves regularly flee to a spare room in search of peace -- while one in nine couples sleep apart permanently because of the problem.

And contrary to what women might like to think, it is not just men who are guilty of the habit, although they are the most common perpetrators, according to the study.

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