When your significant other gets sick, do you still sleep in the same bed?

My wife and I do, we feel not sleeping together really isn't going to affect whether we get sick or not. By the way, she's just getting over a bad cold and yes, I woke up with it this morning. What are your thoughts?

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exexec · 70-79, C

We usually still sleep together in our bed even when one of us is sick. There are exceptions such as when one of us has a bad cough or needs the bed at an angle that is uncomfortable for the other. One example is after my shoulder replacement, I slept in a recliner in the living room.

WizardofOz · 26-30, M

@exexec Yes! I did sleep in another bedroom once, when she was hacking up both lungs. That is annoying as all hell! She didn't like it though but she did understand.

exexec · 70-79, C

@WizardofOz Sometimes you just have to do what you have to do.

WizardofOz · 26-30, M

@exexec I remember when I was in fifth grade. lol If a kid coughed three times in class, our teacher would actually call the parents and tell them to pick their kid up, "because he's disturbing the entire class constantly coughing". 🤣