Guys you all rock and I love you all for your answers.
I am going to try to find some industrial strength ear plugs. It’s not my favourite idea, but anything that will make a difference is worth a shot. I’m just tired of waking up tired every morning and he’s not the kind of bloke who will admit that he’s got a problem like this and seek help for it, so it effectively becomes my problem to battle alone.
– tired thren 
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If you’re wearing earplugs, how do you hear the alarm clock?
I have been recently diagnosed with sleep apnea. Severe snoring is a possible symptom of that - you might tell him to go get checked out with his MD.
My snoring solution wound up being a CPAP machine, and I’m sleeping better and feeling better than I have for years. SWMBO’s only objection is that she says she has traded listening to a warthog in heat for listening to Darth Vader. 
My husband was such a loud snorer that we had to resort to separate bedrooms.
Breathe-Right strips helped a little bit, but not much. He snored no matter which position he slept in. We also tried an OTC spray, I think it was called “Snore Stop” but it didn’t have any effect.
Then my husband had his tonsils removed, and his snoring all but disappeared, unless he has a cold or has had a lot to drink (luckily, both situations are rare).
I usually take them out at about 4:00 in the morning. Even when I don’t, they don’t completely block all noise, they just sort of muffle the noise.
Doesn’t this defeat the purpose? Mrs. D_Odds is a horrible snorer, drowning out fans and ACs to wake me up. I’ve thought about earplugs, but I’m the first to wake and my goal is to sleep straight through until it is time to wake. I can do this when her snoring coincides with my deep REM cycles, but when she doesn’t have any breaks in her snore, it will wakes me during the lighter sleep cycles - and doesn’t let me back to sleep.
I like the pillow-over-face technique. My pillow, his face. Press firmly.
Ok, seriously…
I usually just take to the couch & get an awesome sleep (it’s really comfy.) He’s been to the doctor and ruled out apnea but was told he could stand to lose a few pounds. He feels really bad when he wakes up and I’m gone but understands that I’m a light sleeper. I’m also a LOT nicer with a few hours of sleep in me.
I refuse to wear earplugs. If something happens in the house, I want to be able to hear it. Now when we go camping, I use them religiously though after two days they hurt due to one of my ear piercings.
Those BreatheRite strips didn’t work for him and once he starts snoring, the only way to make him stop is to ‘accidentally’ wake him up. When he really needs his sleep, I just let snore away and move to the living room.
You’d think so, but I usually have no recollection of taking them out. For all I know, they could be climbing out of my ears and lining themselves neatly next to the clock.
Well, I bought some valerian root capsules (They are supposed to help light sleepers stay asleep) and was only woken by the wookie next to me 5 or 6 times last night. Am going to the Chemist tonight to buy the most sound proof earplugs I can find.
You guys rock! At least I know I’m not alone
Just want to add a note about permanent moves to separate bedrooms. My ex was a major snorer, and I’d move to the other room when I really couldn’t sleep. But he decided to move there to sleep so he wouldn’t disturb me, even though I really, really didn’t want him to. It was one of the major causes of the unraveling of our marriage.
I know the OP doesn’t have that as an option, but I really wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. 
I’ve taken to sleeping on the couch or in the guest bedroom recently. We both snore, but his is bad enough to keep me awake a lot of the time, so it’s for the best. Neither of us is thrilled about sleeping separately, but I’m getting better sleep than I have in several years. I absolutely have to get rest – I have MS and one of the worst symptoms/aggravator of other symptoms is fatigue. We’re still very affectionate and make sure to spend plenty of time together in the evenings, and I try to sleep in our bed on weekends when I can sleep in. I would be more worried about our marriage if I was exhausted and cranky and sick all the time than I am when both of us are getting enough rest. We’re not maintaining separate lives, just separate sleeping areas.