Ignore The Snore?

 Ignoring snoring is impossible. Millions, nay billions, would support me in that. Maybe the snore sufferers wouldn't publicly admit how much they abhor the night din, but if you stepped into bedrooms or those next to bedrooms in which this offensive noise occurred, you would find the harsh truth of the infliction. The truth about snoring is that it is however much hidden, a very real hazard. The hazard is to marriage, friendship and groups of people who share sleeping spaces. As a young married, I used to wonder why my older aunts and uncles had separate bedrooms in their homes. These were often called "the guest room" even though it was usually the place where the lady of the house went when the night noise became too much to tolerate. We all need our eight to ten hours. I would say that most people snore whether they admit it or not. The way the human body changes in the aging process if not before, makes snoring as natural as dental decay and about as ugly.  There are all sorts of gimmicks that are supposed to stop the annoying sound but few of them, if any, work for very long. Surgeries of the laser kind or otherwise might help but most of the world simply either tolerates the racket or finds a way to escape it nightly. Most of the snorers are male but I happen to know of a female who outdid any male snore I have encountered. She flatly refused to believe she snored but her volume was enormous and although she accused her husband of making loud snores and even taped him, hers beat his any day. Or night. I know because they slept at our house occasionally and our sleep was impossible as the two did their duet down the hall. Where I live in a concrete building, and I live alone, we have a snorer. I have yet to learn from which unit the chorus is coming from but it is not too far off. When I sat on my deck during the summer and Covid kept us all at home, this individual evidently slept during the day. Not only did the horror of the noise dominate the day at times, it also happened at night. I like my window open at night but now, it's open only a crack because of Mr. or Ms. Snore. To end snoring when sleeping with a partner, the starting method of making the noise stop is to jiggle the bed and say sweetly "you are snoring". When that doesn't work the bed is bounced and the words are the same but louder. Poking or other physical efforts come third, but should be employed only if the first two don't work. Physical moves can lead to "I am not snoring" which is legendary, or some sort of retaliation later in the day such as being victim to great loud sneezing or nose blowing or interesting words. The final and best solution is for the offended to move out of range of the snoring offender. Like off to the guest room, for example. Why no medical experts have addressed this common abhorrence is beyond me since it affects everyone regardless of colour, race, religion, age, socio/economic or any other standing, and causes grief and consternation amongst all. My sun deck snorer used to drive me from enjoying the day until I brought my speaker onto the deck and found it soothed my desire to go down or up or across and bang on the noise-maker's door to awaken  Sleeping Beauty and stop the ado. That method is not ethical so I invested in a head set and music and that works well. I tell myself, the snorer might decide to move out and that comforts me in some small way. In the meantime there is always music.