Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Forming the Couple System: Learning to Share a Bed
3. The Bed
4. Going to Bed
5. Activities in the Transition from Awake to Sleep
6. Temperature Preferences
7. Talking and Touching
8. Anger and the Couple Bed
9. Illness and Injury
10. How Can You Sleep So Soundly When I’m So Wide Awake?
11. Outside Intrusions into Couple Sleep
12. Bathroom Trips, Tossing and Turning, Restless Legs, Sleep Talking, Grinding Teeth, and Nightmares
13. Snoring and Sleep Apnea
14. Safety, Intimacy, and Why Couples Sleep Together
15. Waking Up in the Morning
16. Weekends
17. Everyday Life and the Couple System
Appendix
References
Index