Single beds 'danger’

Press, 26 July 1989, Page 11

Single beds 'danger’

NZPA-PA London Pensioners can enjoy full and satisfying love lives if they retain the romance of youth, according to a new book out yesterday. But it warns them that swopping their double bed for two singles will not only lead to less love-making, but can also be “positively dangerous.” The book, “Living, Loving and Ageing,” was written by two sisters-in-law, Ms Sally Greengross, director of Age Concern, and a retired general practitioner, Dr Wendy Greengross. It warns: “A problem may be created by a move from a double bed into single beds.

“One partner may be restless, or get up more often at night, snore, sleep badly, or want the light on. There may even be pressure from children, who don’t expect their parents to be enjoying sex.” The book cautions: “Once people have chosen to change to single beds they have to make a positive effort to make love.”

The comfort of closeness or of "pillow talk” may be lost forever, and for most of us, once we are past the first fair flush of youth, making love in a single bed is neither a comfortable nor a safe pursuit, and falling asleep in a single bed after love-making may be positively dangerous.”