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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Charlotte Duck

Sleep divorces: why increasing numbers of Londoners are choosing separate bedrooms

“I sleep better when it’s just me,” admits Vannessa Viljoen, 23. “I need my own space to rejuvenate and not to be disturbed.”

The writer and speaker rents a two-bedroom flat in Warlingham, south of Croydon, with her fiancé, musician Josiah, and 17-month-old daughter. “We should be in a three-bedroom and are looking to move in May.” This is to accommodate the fact that Viljoen and her partner, who is due to have a hip replacement, need separate bedrooms.

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