We tried the Scandinavian sleep method. Here's what happened

'He's not a pillow pirate, but my husband is ex-US Army, trained to sleep under jeeps and swinging from trees — yet I lie wide awake scrolling Insta for broccoli fritter recipes'

The Scandinavian sleep method involves using two individual duvets instead of sharing one between two people. File pictures

The marital bed. A place of repose, passion, intimacy, secrets, laughter and comfort. There are tender passages of all those things. Still, after 25 years, there has been some tension — I won’t lie. If the deLongchamps do want to play Adult Monopoly on a snowy night, we search for each other with strangled cries and the flashlight on our phones. 

The bed is ridiculously big, but reader — there’s more, and I have to confide in you. Huddle up. He’s driven me to the cold outer reaches of the Scandinavian sleep method.