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ksazma posted:

It was reported that she sleeps in another room.

Something about being able to get sleep.

Melania and Donald Trump Are the Rare — But Not ONLY — Presidential Couple to Use Separate Bedrooms

Presidential experts tell PEOPLE separate White House bedrooms is an arrangement the country hasn't seen in more than forty years

By Diane Herbst, May 10, 2018 11:56 AM, Source - https://people.com/politics/me...torical-perspective/

https://imagesvc.meredithcorp.io/v3/mm/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpeopledotcom.files.wordpress.com%2F2018%2F01%2Fdonald-melania-2.jpgMelania and Donald Trump, Drew Angerer/Getty

Donald and Melania Trump reportedly lead very separate lives within the White House â€” so much so that the couple do not share a bedroom within 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, according to a recent profile of the first lady in the Washington Post.

But just how unusual is it for first couples to have separate sleeping quarters? Presidential experts tell PEOPLE it’s an arrangement the country hasn’t seen in more than forty years.

First lady scholar Annette Dunlap, author of a biography on President Grover Cleveland’s wife, tells PEOPLE the White House hasn’t seen first couples occupy separate bedrooms since the days of Patricia and Richard Nixon in the early 1970s. But prior to modern presidential times, separate bedrooms weren’t “all that unusual,” since the arrangement had long been a sign of affluence and privilege.

“It was kind of a European thing,” Dunlap says. “The idea of sleeping in the same bed together in the late 19th century and into the early 20th century was a symbol of poverty, because you couldn’t afford your own bed or your own bedroom.”

In more modern times, however, separate bedrooms often stoke rumors about the state of a marriage. And with Donald dogged by allegations he’s had multiple affairs — and Melania famously swatting away Donald’s hand on numerous occasions — the revelation that the first couple sleeps in separate rooms has fueled speculation their marriage is on shaky ground.

Source and rest of the article -- https://people.com/politics/me...torical-perspective/

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