Why do people who snore get so defensive when you tell them they snore? "No, I don't!" First of all, how would they know if they snored, they are asleep? Second, what is the big deal? It is not like snoring indicates some flaw in someone's personality. It is beyond anyone's control. They should be happy they are the snorer and not the snoree. The person who-always goes to sleep after the snorer-has to listen to the snorer. I don't usually snore, except when I have a cold or am sleeping very deeply on my back. When that is the case and I am made aware of it, I simply apologize and move on. However, I did grow up with a loud snorer, my dad, and lived with a loud snorer.
Since I was in a different room from my dad, it didn't bother me too much, except one night when I thought there was a dog in the house, but it turned out to be just my dad doing the snoring-hiccuping thing unusually loudly that night. Living with the snorer on the other hand was pretty much torture. I was basically sleep deprived during our entire relationship. Of course, he was a deep sleeper also so kicking and punching and forcing a rollover usually did not work. He would get very defensive if I complained about his snoring, come to think of it, he got pretty defensive about most of my complaints. Hence he is an ex-boyfriend. With his next girlfriend, whom he married, he got adenoid surgery to stop the snoring.
My husband does not snore. He does breathe loudly at times, but usually all it takes is a light touch and he closes his mouth and stops making any noise. In fact, he is such a quiet sleeper that I have found myself on more than one occasion wondering if he is breathing at all. So if you are a snorer, don't get defensive about it, be happy it is you and not your partner, and maybe think about surgery.
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