I noted that both my grandparents and parents slept separately in the past, and thought how sad. Now I understand. My hubbie makes several trips to the loo in the night ( yes, he is regularly checked) then is restless, gets to sleep then starts snoring, by which time all thought of sleep has disappeared for me. I had enough trouble sleeping without such disruption. However, when I was ill at the beginning of the year, I went off to the spare room. Hubbie found he was sleeping better, and once I recovered and started HRT I did too. Now we start off together for the first part of the night, then when my hubbie goes on a loo run, he then sleeps in the spare room, under the hungry caterpillar duvet! It works for us and I even slept through the night the other for first time for years.