There’s nothing worse than lying in bed at night trying to sleep, only to be kept awake by a partner’s horrific snoring. That’s what 26-year-old Ana Malfair was experiencing after moving in with her boyfriend, Luis, 33. While she was head over heels in love and happy to be sharing a living space, Luis’ snoring was presenting a serious problem. That is until Ana decided to make lemonade out of lemons and began monetizing the sound of her beloved boyfriend sawing Zzzs every night. The cash has certainly helped to soften the blow!
Malfair complained to Luis that his snoring and wheezing were keeping her awake, but he insisted that it “wasn’t that bad.” To prove just how torturous it was to listen to, she recorded him one night so she could confront him with the truth.
“I got proof through [a sound] recording because a video would be awfully creepy,” she explained to Jam Press (via NY Post). “When I [played] him the audio, he thought it was hilarious, so I kept recording him whenever I got the chance.”
Snoring is a surprisingly popular form of ASMR
Trying to keep a sense of humor about the issue, she then asked a few musician friends to make songs out of the recordings of Luis’ snoring. When they obliged, she uploaded the recordings to Spotify where they got shockingly popular. As it turns out, many listeners considered the sound of Luis’ snoring a form of ASMR.
The Spotify account Ana Malfair set up is called “Snoring Machine” and has more than 21,000 listeners at the time of writing. The track titled “Light Snoring,” which is only about a minute long, is the most popular.
And while things are going pretty well – Ana has made $32 so far from listens – she insists it was never meant to be a moneymaking scheme. In fact, that’s just an added bonus.
“It honestly just started as something funny, like he said he didn’t snore, and now everyone can hear them!” Ana said. “I get updates every month, so I’m excited to see how it grows!”
Sleeping next to someone who snores can really take its toll on your health. However, if the recordings continue to do well, Ana may find it in her heart to get over it.
