The content material creator dubbed “Australia’s most sexually active woman” has revealed her and her fiancé’s uncommon bed room association.
Annie Knight introduced her engagement to Henry Brayshaw final month after a elaborate dinner in Los Angeles the place Brayshaw wrote the query “Will you marry me?” on a dessert dish.
However the couple, who dated for over a decade in the past earlier than deciding they had been higher off as associates, lately surprised social media but once more by asserting they sleep in different beds on the “Annie Knight Unhinged” podcast.
Chatting with information.com.au, the 27-year-old stated it merely made sense for them as a pair.
“We’ve spoken concerning the reality we hate sharing beds with folks our complete friendship. When he moved in with me on the finish of final 12 months as associates, we clearly had completely different rooms, after which after we began courting, it simply made sense to maintain issues how they had been,” she stated.
“We have now very completely different routines and our sleeping habits would have been affected if we determined to start out sharing a mattress. For instance, I stand up at 5 a.m. day by day whereas Henry would possibly sleep ‘til 10 a.m. when he’s dwelling from work.”
Although this explicit side of their relationship is comparatively contemporary, she stated it has been “tremendous helpful” for decreasing any potential arguments.
“If I shared a mattress with Henry and didn’t get any sleep as a result of he was snoring all night, I’d get up and resent him and be irritated with him all day — despite the fact that it’s not essentially his fault,” she stated.
“The identical means if I used to be wriggling heaps all through the evening and that kept him awake. He would get up and have irritation in direction of me. So having separate beds simply means we each get up glad and properly rested.”
However the bed room subject has left social media divided.
“Normalize having separate rooms! Then everybody will get good sleep,” one individual commented.
“Think about sharing a mattress with somebody you truly love,” one other wrote.
Another person wrote: “Hilarious. What a joke.”
“My husband and I are the identical. It’s one of the best factor ever,” one weighed in.
One other commented: “I used to do the identical with my ex, sleeping in identical mattress is so overrated, sleep is so essential.”
Knight responded to the commentary, saying she believes folks have to cease following “guidelines” put in place by society on the subject of bucking the social norm.
“What number of relationships disintegrate as a result of one or each folks really feel prefer it’s not the way it’s ‘meant to be’? Each couple ought to do what works finest for them, not what they’re ‘supposed’ to do,” she stated.
“Henry and I converse a language with one another that nobody else can converse as a result of we all know one another so properly and now we have a lot respect for one another. That being stated, issues that work for us may not work for different folks and that’s completely high quality.
“We don’t choose different folks for doing issues that we don’t. I feel tailoring your relationship to who you’re as people and as a pair is the important thing to having a long-lasting relationship and I feel folks have to look into this a bit of bit extra earlier than judging.”
“Dawn” presenter Edwina Bartholomew, who revealed she had persistent myeloid leukemia in September 2024, informed “Stellar” in March final 12 months that she and her different half, journalist Neil Varcoe, sleep in separate beds.
On the time, she stated, the couple lived in separate properties all through the week earlier than reuniting over the weekend as a result of their conflicting schedules. The confession, very similar to Knight’s, sparked a vigorous debate.
The favored information reporter defended their dwelling preparations after being “shamed,” stating that whereas “folks don’t discuss” about sleeping in numerous rooms, many {couples} do it.
“Properly, at this time [April 21] is definitely my [sixth] wedding ceremony anniversary, and I can verify we’re nonetheless married,” she informed the journal’s editor-in-chief Sarrah Le Marquand on the “Stellar” podcast.
“It was a tremendous response. It’s simply one thing folks don’t speak about, however so many {couples} do.
“It completely went bananas, as a result of I feel it’s not ‘the completed factor.’ So while you speak about what you’re doing in your relationship that simply works for you — and that’s it for us, for a lot of causes and on many ranges — I feel that resonates.”
Bartholomew, who began sleeping individually from Varcoe about seven years in the past, says this setup may assist different relationships too, because it actually makes her worth the time they do spend along with their two younger kids.
Final 12 months, Chloe Szepanowski introduced she and her fiancé Mitch Orval sleep in separate rooms, whereas an American couple who’ve been collectively for 4 years went viral after sharing their very completely different bedrooms.
Many defended the transfer, telling the younger couple to “do what feels best for you.”
Sleep divorce is a rising development. The principle purpose for it’s sleep loss. Tamara Inexperienced, a New York {couples} therapist, informed Today.com the transfer has improved many individuals’s love lives.
“They get sufficient relaxation they usually really feel like they’re able to hear one another out and get their wants met,” she stated.
Nevertheless, it’s essential to schedule time collectively earlier than you fall asleep, she stated.
Not everybody agrees. Dr. Carol Ash, a sleep knowledgeable, stated it’s “more healthy” for {couples} to sleep collectively, including that it improves sleep high quality.
