CPAP and being single !

RobertinTX · Post by **RobertinTX** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 9:27 am

LMAO......
getting olds not half bad..u can look back and laff at a lot of "stuff"
and u can get away with more....
but i'm not old....only seasoned

garyland · Post by **garyland** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:21 pm

When I was single I did not have a CPAP (13 years ago). But the way I would handle it would be to say that I use this machine because it prevents me from snoring. This is not a lie, this is true. If you say it is for snoring it sounds less clinical or less "medical." Once you get to know them better you can go into more detail. JUST MY TWO CENTAVOS WORTH.

Gary

LDuyer · Post by **LDuyer** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:49 pm

Yes that year-old topic was interesting, and I remember it.
I also remember there being an awful lot of non-single people commenting.
No offense, but how unfair is that? I for one and single, and frankly hearing married people talk about how it's no big deal is, well, lonely. Those married folks were lucky in the sense that one of them got diagnosed during their marriage, so there were no surprises. For us single folks, it is a big deal.

Sure, sleep is sleep and, er, the other isn't, but sooner or later you gotta face that time when your mask and hose are exposed for the other to see. So far I've managed to avoid the issue but I do look forward to some rather bizarre looking spooning. Wonder if the air will tickle my neck? I plan on some amusing hyperventilating.

But in the hoser/non-hoser scenario, I rather like the snoring excuse idea. What's worse, admitting to snoring, or admitting to being a hoser?

LDuyer · Post by **LDuyer** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 5:03 pm

How about some inventive mask play? Perhaps the hoser could improvise with a designer mask.
Surely it could be modified!

hecate · Post by **hecate** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 5:10 pm

Well guys can bring up the subject by telling their date not to worry about six inches they have a whopping six feet baby! Hose, that is get your mind out of the gutter.

Liz

RobertinTX · Post by **RobertinTX** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 5:20 pm

LD....that was an interesting mask picture.
reminded me of someone i use to know....laffin

hecate....six in. vs six ft....they won't believe either and will want to look.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 6:07 pm

If you know how to use the hose God gave you, she won't worry about the hose the doctor gave you.

chdurie2 · Post by **chdurie2** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 12:38 am

gary--i think your point is a good one. i'm single. when i admitted that i was a cpap user in my small law class, i was talking to a married guy and asked him if he thought it was bad/gooky that i used cpap. when i explained that i was a heavy snorer, he just said he thought a partner of a cpap user would appreciate it and not be mortified with it. i think that's the attitude i'll take. my last bf said my snoring (sans cpap) did not wake him up but it was pretty loud and it was a close call for him whether he thought it would bother him longterm. he snored too, but i don't think as bad as i'm told that i am. and certainly he never woke me up.

so now all i have to do is find a bf, with or without cpap.

caroline

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