For better sex, try a sleep divorce

Therapists and couples say that sometimes sleeping separately can revive a relationship . When Natalie and Shane Plummer moved into separate bedrooms 12 years ago, they really just wanted more sleep. The couple, who have been married for 24 years and live in Meridian, Idaho, hoped Plummer would get a respite from her husband’s snoring.

(She did.) They also thought Plummer, 47 – the tidier partner – might enjoy having his own space. (He did.



) They didn’t foresee how much the change would improve their sex life. “Our frequency has definitely increased,” said Plummer, 47, and “the quality of our sex has definitely increased. When we’re together in a bed, there’s a purpose for it.

We’re talking. Or we’re cuddling. Or we’re having sex.

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