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If you lie awake at night as your partner saws the log, you're far from alone. Although snoring can affect anyone, it's most common in males and those who are overweight. According to the National Sleep Foundation, this nighttime disturbance affects 37 million Americans on a regular basis.

Sure, loud snorers can be humorous, but the act have an ill effect on other's sleep habits. According to a study conducted by Richard Day Research, half of all snorers' bed partners reported that snoring made it impossible for them to get a good night's sleep, and 40 percent confessed to sleeping in separate beds. Furthermore, a Mayo Clinic study found that snorers' spouses woke up an average of 21 times an hour.

Health Business Week noted the following statistics:

• Snoring affects nearly 50 million U.S. households;

• One in three people who sleep with a snorer say that  snoring is among the top three things they'd like to change in their mates;
• Three out of five snorers say they've woken up themselves because of the sound of their own snoring;
• More than three quarters of snorer's bed partners have tried to nudge or poke their partners to make the snoring stop.

Can Snoring Affect Your Relationship?

While some may view snoring as a negligible nuisance, others find it as an issue that has real repercussions. A lack of sleep can affect daytime energy and mood. Often when someone is tired throughout the day, they can become snappy--often leaving a mark on that person's daily interactions...

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What are couples supposed to fireproof their marriage against? What are the “fires” that destroy marriage?

Marriage can become the concern of religion in our society. Stable marriages bring stable families to church, and children, who then become followers of that religious way. Corporations need stable marriages and families to buy their goods. Law enforcement and government agencies rely heavily on stable marriages to raise law-abiding citizens. “Fire proofed marriages”, it would seem, benefit every institution in our society.

Friends of friends need their friends to have fireproofed marriages or relationships. Every marriage or significant relationship that goes down in flames damages social and friendship connections. When was the last time your friends invited you and your significant other over to their house for a series in marriage stability and improvement because they were concerned how the quality of your relationship might affect them?

Only the churches stick their necks out to proclaim their stake in stable, fireproofed marriages. What's wrong with the rest of our society? If all aspects of our society claimed a role in strengthening and supporting marriage, what would that be like?

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