Loving couple’s separate bedrooms give them peaceful sleep every night

Dear Abby: My wife and I have been married for 45 years. When she moved out of our bedroom, I was shocked. I thought she didn’t love me anymore. Then I realized that both our sleeping habits have changed over the years.

She snores, and I toss and turn. She needs the room dark, while I like a night light so I can see while I walk to the bathroom. I wasn’t around when my parents got old, so I didn’t realize our sleeping arrangement was going to change. We still love each other, but just sleep in different rooms. Is this normal?

— Wondering In

California

Dear Wondering: The reason for the change is what’s important. In your case, it’s not because of discord or lack of love. Many couples do this. So stop worrying about whether this is normal and be glad you have a solution that works.

Dear Abby: The last of our children has graduated and left the nest. My wife and I are now starting to go through years of boxes, mostly papers and photos.

In the process, we have discovered several checks written to us that we never cashed — mostly for Girl Scout cookies or other fundraising items and birthday gifts for the kids.

The checks are mostly more than 15 years old, but they add up to around $300. Would it be proper to ask the check writers to reissue their checks so long after they were written?

— Questioning In Pennsylvania

Dear Questioning: You should have been more careful with those monetary gifts. To ask that the checks be rewritten after 15 years would be an imposition and likely not well received.