Sleeping next to a loved one has become so glorified that single people everywhere fantasise of waking up next to them
Yet a quarter of modern couples declare "It's not all it's chalked up to be" as they joyfully cuddle themselves into separate beds
Modern society encourages sharing a bed with your lover, but not for the reasons you might think.
Victorian doctors advised against sharing a bed because the stronger partner would lose health to the weaker one
Those who lie next to each other and breathe in their germs will in the end fail in health and strength of limb and brain,
and will die while yet their days are not all told," said Dr. William Witty Hall.