I used to think that only men with claustrophobic intimacy issues needed separate beds, but now I know two very in-love women who need their own sleeping space. One is married and her husband snores, however, due to the must-be-in-same-bed-all-night brainwashing of our romantic mainstream culture, she suffers every night with no hope in sight for a resolution. The other is living with a man and is currently pregnant, and, with age, has become a lighter sleeper. Her boyfriend also snores and he always falls asleep first. But she finally made a separate bed for herself in the living room and sleeps blissfully every night. In the morning she joins her wonderful lover for cuddling, NPR, coffee and all the things normal couples do. They are very happy, and the fact that for a few hours a day they lay down in separate places has not meant that they don't really love each other, nor has it meant they have no romantic life. They are a happy couple that just doesn't like to suffer for no reason.