Niamh O’Reilly: I wish I could get a sleep divorce, but we don’t have the space

I’d love to sleep in a separate bedroom, but I’m stuck beside my husband snoring like a 747 jet

‘My husband’s snoring is like a nightly rusty chainsaw, with a bit of choking zombie thrown in.’ Photo: Picture posed/Getty

I often wonder about the person who came up with the expression ‘snoring like a horse’.

Did they eventually pop their clogs from sleep deprivation or did they decide that the sounds of a giant sleeping equine was preferable over their snoring partner who, if they were anything like mine, could best be described as sounding like a nightly rusty chainsaw, with a bit of choking zombie thrown in for good measure.