Gadgets driving couples to sleep separately

[-Cp]

High-tech gadgets are driving millions of couples to sleep apart, a study released today shows.

Almost one in 10 couples sleep in different beds every night while a quarter admit to doing so on a regular basis. Four in 10 people go to bed at a different time to their partner.


This is in part due to the bedroom becoming a communications hub rather than a place for sleep, according to the Sleep Council.

After cleaning their teeth with an electric toothbrush, the average adult sets the alarm on their BlackBerry or mobile phone and slips, exhausted, into bed between 10pm and 11pm.

Eight out of 10 people admit to using computers or other gadgets at bedtime.

The research found a third of people make phone calls and send or receive text messages or emails in bed. A further fifth check social networking sites such as Facebook, play computer games or listen to MP3 players.

Britons are also much more likely to charge their iPod or mobile phone than say a prayer before bedtime.

Jessica Alexander, of the Sleep Council, which carried out the poll among 1,400 people between Feb 27 and March 3, said: "Busy night-time routines are driving couples' bedtimes and even their bedrooms apart."

The midweek bedtime for most people is between 10pm and 11pm. For one in eight, however, 9pm is nearer the mark. People aged 25 to 34 are the most likely to go to bed early if they are working the next day.

Six in 10 30-somethings describe themselves as usually "very tired or shattered" when they go to bed.

The research also found that many people ignore advice on drinks to avoid at bedtime. While water is the most popular drink among a third of those questioned, many others admit to drinking coffee, alcohol or sugary drinks.

However, in another sign of the times, an increasing number of smoothies and fresh juices are being taken as nightcaps.

Miss Alexander said: "Our research provides an accurate snapshot of our bedtime habits today. It also shows more than half of us regularly feel so tired at work that we would like to go home, with one in eight people feeling that way three or four times a week."

But some things about bedtime do not change. Pyjamas remain the most popular bedtime apparel among women, while men are almost twice as likely as women to go to bed naked. One per cent of men questioned claim to wear a nightie in bed.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/07/ngadgets107.xml

[82Marine89]

Have you told Gadget(fmr Marine) that he is responsible for this? :laugh2:

[Gadget (fmr Marine)]

High-tech gadgets are driving millions of couples to sleep apart, a study released today shows.

Almost one in 10 couples sleep in different beds every night while a quarter admit to doing so on a regular basis. Four in 10 people go to bed at a different time to their partner.


This is in part due to the bedroom becoming a communications hub rather than a place for sleep, according to the Sleep Council.

After cleaning their teeth with an electric toothbrush, the average adult sets the alarm on their BlackBerry or mobile phone and slips, exhausted, into bed between 10pm and 11pm.

Eight out of 10 people admit to using computers or other gadgets at bedtime.

The research found a third of people make phone calls and send or receive text messages or emails in bed. A further fifth check social networking sites such as Facebook, play computer games or listen to MP3 players.

Britons are also much more likely to charge their iPod or mobile phone than say a prayer before bedtime.

Jessica Alexander, of the Sleep Council, which carried out the poll among 1,400 people between Feb 27 and March 3, said: "Busy night-time routines are driving couples' bedtimes and even their bedrooms apart."

The midweek bedtime for most people is between 10pm and 11pm. For one in eight, however, 9pm is nearer the mark. People aged 25 to 34 are the most likely to go to bed early if they are working the next day.

Six in 10 30-somethings describe themselves as usually "very tired or shattered" when they go to bed.

The research also found that many people ignore advice on drinks to avoid at bedtime. While water is the most popular drink among a third of those questioned, many others admit to drinking coffee, alcohol or sugary drinks.

However, in another sign of the times, an increasing number of smoothies and fresh juices are being taken as nightcaps.

Miss Alexander said: "Our research provides an accurate snapshot of our bedtime habits today. It also shows more than half of us regularly feel so tired at work that we would like to go home, with one in eight people feeling that way three or four times a week."

But some things about bedtime do not change. Pyjamas remain the most popular bedtime apparel among women, while men are almost twice as likely as women to go to bed naked. One per cent of men questioned claim to wear a nightie in bed.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/07/ngadgets107.xml

No I don't!!!!!!

[Gadget (fmr Marine)]

Well, maybe one or two couples....but is was nothing that a little counseling couldn't fix....and she had to lower her expectations to stay with him! Lol!

[DragonStryk72]

High-tech gadgets are driving millions of couples to sleep apart, a study released today shows.

Almost one in 10 couples sleep in different beds every night while a quarter admit to doing so on a regular basis. Four in 10 people go to bed at a different time to their partner.


This is in part due to the bedroom becoming a communications hub rather than a place for sleep, according to the Sleep Council.

After cleaning their teeth with an electric toothbrush, the average adult sets the alarm on their BlackBerry or mobile phone and slips, exhausted, into bed between 10pm and 11pm.

Eight out of 10 people admit to using computers or other gadgets at bedtime.

The research found a third of people make phone calls and send or receive text messages or emails in bed. A further fifth check social networking sites such as Facebook, play computer games or listen to MP3 players.

Britons are also much more likely to charge their iPod or mobile phone than say a prayer before bedtime.

Jessica Alexander, of the Sleep Council, which carried out the poll among 1,400 people between Feb 27 and March 3, said: "Busy night-time routines are driving couples' bedtimes and even their bedrooms apart."

The midweek bedtime for most people is between 10pm and 11pm. For one in eight, however, 9pm is nearer the mark. People aged 25 to 34 are the most likely to go to bed early if they are working the next day.

Six in 10 30-somethings describe themselves as usually "very tired or shattered" when they go to bed.

The research also found that many people ignore advice on drinks to avoid at bedtime. While water is the most popular drink among a third of those questioned, many others admit to drinking coffee, alcohol or sugary drinks.

However, in another sign of the times, an increasing number of smoothies and fresh juices are being taken as nightcaps.

Miss Alexander said: "Our research provides an accurate snapshot of our bedtime habits today. It also shows more than half of us regularly feel so tired at work that we would like to go home, with one in eight people feeling that way three or four times a week."

But some things about bedtime do not change. Pyjamas remain the most popular bedtime apparel among women, while men are almost twice as likely as women to go to bed naked. One per cent of men questioned claim to wear a nightie in bed.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/07/ngadgets107.xml

Also referred to as World of Warcraft. We are both inherently curious, and inherently sociable creatures. The web creates the perfect place to take both to unprecedented levels, allowing us to communicate constantly, and with people around the globe that we would otherwise never even know about.

[stephanie]

Hell...if I would of had my choice...

My Ex and I would of slept in seperate houses....Maybe we'd still be married..:laugh2:

[Little-Acorn]

The original article doesn't say why gadgets are rsponsible for some people sleeping apart.

Nor does it bother looking to see if that many people slept apart [i]before[/] all the gadgets were invented. Nothing new about being really tired when you come home from work, or after taking care of three screaming kids all day, or (mix and match as you please). If they checked before lecturing us, my guess is they'd find the rate of sleeping in separate beds hasn't changed much since before the gadgets showed up.

Another non-story masquerading as something important.

BTW, one thing that might be making a difference: Fifty years ago, most families were:

1.) Together, not divorced or separated or "I don't know who all these kids' daddy(s) are".
2.) Composed of one breadwinner who worked outside the house and one spouse who took care of kids and housework (a definite full-time job).

Today, you've got BUNCHES of single parents doing two fulltime jobs: working outside plus raising kids. Plus bunches of husband-wife teams doing three jobs instead of two: His career, her career, and kids/housework.

Those things are mostly new in the last 50 years. And they WILL make parents a lot more tired and even cranky at bedtime... with no gadgets required.