s/o seperate bedrooms

[Joker]

I wondered how many can't sleep without their significant others. When my dh is out of town I end up on the couch because I cannot sleep in our bed without him. I know of a few who are the same and wondered if any here are as well.

[snickelfritz]

I sleep with the hall light on and......my kids. One or the other frequently ends up with us even when he's home. But when he travels ( every few months) we do a sort of all-girl-slumber-party thing.

[Mom in High Heels]

Well, my dh is in the Army and gone a lot, so it doesn't mother me at all. We've been married 15 years and he's probably been gone a total of 7 years when you put all the months together.

[Rosie_0801]

I don't sleep well without him in the house unless I know he is not coming home; if he's away for the weekend or something. He's epileptic, so I'm not sure he's not having a fit in a gutter somewhere until he's home, safe and sound!

 

Rosie

[Peela]

It doesn't worry me that he is not in the same bed, obviously, since we dont sleep together anyway....but there have been times over the years when he has been away when I have become frightened and realised how much just his presence in the house makes me feel secure.

[scmama]

When my husband was a truck driver, I couldn't sleep without him home. Now he's retired from trucking, his work during season picks up, and I still can't sleep until he comes home..and that's sometimes 1 or 2 am. I can't sleep until I know that he's here, safe and sound. But I am also one that can't go to bed, until I know that everyone is sound to sleep. :)

[thescrappyhomeschooler]

We do sleep in separate beds most of the time, but I do have a hard time sleeping if he's not in the house. He goes on an annual fishing trip for a week, and it is very hard for me to sleep during that time. However, if I go away, I can sleep just fine!

[Pretty in Pink]

If he's just gone for a few nights then I usually crash on the sofa. For extended seperations I do sleep in our room (there's no way I'm sleeping on the sofa for 6+ months at a time!) but I have so much trouble falling asleep while he's away. I usually listen to my MP3 player, read, or watch Netflix on the laptop. I always stay up too late when my dh is gone.

[Wheres Toto]

My husband travels 2-3 times a year for a couple weeks at a time and takes the occasional weekend down at his mothers with ds (and sometimes younger dd as well). I dont' sleep well when he's not home. Being alone in the house, or just with the little guys, makes me nervous (older d is only here every other week). I sleep with the bathroom light on and stay up way too late because I can't fall asleep.

 

I do stay in our bed since there isn't anywhere else in my house to sleep and I might as well be comfortable even if I can't sleep.

[Renee in NC]

I don't sleep well without mine.

[Sasharowan]

I used to not be able to sleep unless we were together, but since we've had kids, I've been so tired by bedtime I'm out. Besides there are usually as many kids in the bed as I provide room for. Dh sleeps with the lamp on in the room when we are gone.

[Harriet Vane]

I don't sleep well away from dh at all. When he's gone I leave the bathroom light on, and more often than not a kid or two ends up crawling into my bed in the middle of the night.

 

If dh is out late I stay up waiting for him. I have a somewhat irrational fear of him getting jumped or in an accident and me not knowing something is wrong until the next morning.