To sleep or not to sleep?

I've just read this interesting article about couples sleeping together. According to a study, women sleep less soundly when they share a bed with a romantic partner. Surprisingly, men actually sleep better when they sleep next to a woman. There are a lot more couples sleeping separately than you might guess. According to a survey conducted, an estimated 23 percent of American couples sleep apart.

Women may have a tougher time sharing a bed because men are much more likely to be snorers. A group of Austrian researchers asked 10 committed couples, ages 21 to 31, to wear a small device called an actigraph on their wrists while they slept at home. An actigraph, which resembles a wristwatch, keeps track of a person’s movements during the night and chronicles their periods of sleep and wakefulness. The actigraphs showed that the women’s sleep was more fragmented on nights when they shared a bed, than when they slept alone. The differences weren’t huge, but they were significant.

The researchers speculated that women's fretful sleep might be caused by brain wiring differences between men and women. Women tend to be lighter sleepers because they historically have been the ones caring for infants, the researchers suggested.

Studies have also shown that men do better when sleeping in a shared bed because they are very dependent on close relationships — contrary to popular stereotypes.

When I read this article, I started to think whether I would be able to sleep with my future husband. Since young, I like to sleep on my own. Whenever there's someone next to me, I have trouble sleeping. Unless I'm dead tired then I wouldn't think if there's anyone sleeping beside me. Hey but who knows if my future husband is able to make me sleep soundly once I'm next to him then I must say he's definitely the ONE for me. Haha =) But definitely I wouldn't be so cruel as to sleep on separate beds or end up either one of us sleeping somewhere else. Eventually I would be able to adapt to new changes once I'm already married. Isn't that what a good wife should do? =D