Cooking Goddess
Chef Extraordinaire
...I have good friends who have separate bedrooms, have for years. They are extremely close, they just can't sleep in the same room. She has sleep apnea, he is a very, very light sleeper....
I didn't know we've been friends for years. My SIL is appalled, appalled! that her brother and I sleep in separate bedrooms. We were married about 25 years when Himself had back issues - a ruptured disc. He slept wherever it was comfortable for him until he had surgery; I played musical beds since he slept best alone during that time. He healed, back to one bed. Then he broke collarbone #1 (after #2 I made him give up his bike keys) and I moved down the hall again. By the time he broke the other collarbone I realized that I wasn't getting leg cramps at night if I wasn't on our king mattress. As a plus, I was sleeping through the night since I couldn't hear him snore. All other aspects of our lives are now better since we each sleep better. Besides, once one of us falls asleep there isn't much else to do but go to sleep.
Oh, and getting back on topic, I wash our sheets in warm water and dry with little sachet bags filled with dried lavender flowers.