GVD22 Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 (edited) We rarely go to bed at the same time. He likes to read, meditate and pray when the house is silent.:) Edited November 22, 2010 by GVD22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 We rarely go to bed at same time - about half the time I conk off first, half the time he does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i.love.lucy Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 No. I'm a serious night owl, or suffer from insomnia. I can't go to sleep if he's already snoring and I'm not really wiped out. He goes to bed by 10 at the latest and I am often still up at 1am. It's my quiet time, no one bugging me, time. He does want us to, but has finally come to the realization that I just can't. I would lay there tossing and turning and probably angry that I couldn't just be up doing what I need to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokotg Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Yes. It's a little too bad, because I get to sleep much later than he does. Probably we should both go to bed earlier, and I should wake up earlier. But we're not good at going to bed early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abigail4476 Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 I said yes because we usually do. Occasionally he has work to do, and likes to work in the quiet after everyone else has gone to bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Yes. I usually get into bed before he does, but I just read for a while. I don't turn out the lights or go to sleep before he's in bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie in AR Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Yes, we go to bed together about 98% of the time. Although sometimes I've taken a little nap on the couch first. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Yes. Every night of our entire marriage, except for the dozen or so nights that we have been apart (one of us out of town, me in the hospital, etc.) Sometimes I get back up after he's asleep if I'm having trouble sleeping, but I usually just read a bit instead (he can sleep with a light on) if that happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plain jane Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Yes. Every night of our entire marriage, except for the dozen or so nights that we have been apart (one of us out of town, me in the hospital, etc.) Sometimes I get back up after he's asleep if I'm having trouble sleeping, but I usually just read a bit instead (he can sleep with a light on) if that happens. Yup. This is us exactly. I wouldn't have it any other way. :001_wub: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halftime Hope Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 For years I've gone to bed after he did, b/c I couldn't bear to miss the time of the day when teens actually talk. :lol: However, I've gotten up with him *very* early in the morning, to get his breakfast and pack him a good lunch, something that is very necessary for his day to day good health. Sleep deprivation has wreaked havoc on my memory, and part of it is genetic (my mother has serious memory issues as well) so I'm finally disciplining myself to go to bed at a better time. Sigh! The one ds who still talks to me (dd is at college) talks all day, so it is working out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 On weeknights, he usually goes to bed before I do. He likes to exercise at 5:15 am :eek: and I don't want to talk to anyone before 6:15. I hang out with the teens while they finish their homework or have a snack----they talk then :) ---and I head to bed about an hour after dh. We tend to go to bed at the same time on the weekends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 We go to bed together. We usually read. 9 out of 10 times we flip off our bedside lamps at the same time, but sometimes we are at a good spot in a book and just have to keep reading after the other spouse is asleep. LOL. We usually get in bed by 9pm. Asleep by 10:30pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dm379 Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 If he is home most of the time we do. We usually watch tv for an hour or so together before going to sleep. Or we'll read, study or play around on the lap top for a while. The only times we don't is if he wants to watch something I don't or if one of us has a big test the next day we'll study downstairs where it is quieter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Sometimes we do and sometimes we don't. If we don't go together then he usually goes before me. Every once in a blue moon, I go to bed before he does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoyfulMama Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Other. He works nights. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne in ABQ Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 No. I'm a serious night owl, or suffer from insomnia. I can't go to sleep if he's already snoring and I'm not really wiped out. He goes to bed by 10 at the latest and I am often still up at 1am. It's my quiet time, no one bugging me, time. He does want us to, but has finally come to the realization that I just can't. I would lay there tossing and turning and probably angry that I couldn't just be up doing what I need to do. This describes us exactly. He gets up at least an hour earlier than I do, plus he snores for the first hour that he's asleep. He goes to bed at about 9:30, and there's no way I can sleep at that hour (unless I'm sick or otherwise exhausted). I generally go to bed around midnight. I enjoy the quiet house, he gets his noisy sleep. :D Sometimes he wakes up when I come to bed. He's rested from his two hour nap, and I'm relaxed from my quiet time. That can be a good recipe for Tea. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 I'm a night owl, but I go to bed with him and I read while he sleeps. I have trouble sleeping when he's not home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Sometimes I'd really like to stay up later than everyone else so I could have some time to myself to read or sew, but he says he can't sleep if I'm not in bed too. Something about not being able to relax because he feels like he has to be "on watch" if someone's still up... A man thing, I guess... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitilin Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 I have trouble sleeping when he's not home. :iagree:This is me too--I can sleep, but it's not as restful. Generally, we go to bed at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannah C. Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 We usually go to bed at the same time, but we don't always fall asleep at the same time. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 When he worked days, I dealt with insomnia. When he worked 2nd shift, we generally went to bed at the same time. He's working 3rd shift, so he's not even home when I go to bed and I'm up taking care of kids, schooling, and the house while he's sleeping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allearia Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 There is no option for sometimes? :) About half the time dh is up late working, otherwise we go to bed at the same time. If I am up late working he usually just works too until I am done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebug42 Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 I work 6 nights per week until 1 or 3 AM depending on the night so, he goes to bed first. Many nights lately I have just been sleeping on the couch so we can both get a good night's sleep. I snore and have been congested lately so we both sleep better if I am on the couch. It won't be a permanent thing though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 We do go to bed together, but he reads while I sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherry in OH Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 I usually go to bed hours before he does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorMama Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 I picked 'I go to bed first' because while we TRY to go to bed together, he almost always gets distracted finishing up some task or another and I fall asleep before he makes it to bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 It varies. Right now, I tend to be in bed by 7:30 and asleep before 9, lol, so no, we don't go to bed at the same time. The kids would destroy the house! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotherGoose Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Ideally, he'd probably come to bed right about the time I actually fall to sleep after reading, which would wake me up all over again. So, our joke is that I tell him it's time to go to the "night night bed"--which is what I tell the children--and he usually follows along and goes right to sleep (instead of watching more TV) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 We go to bed at the same time. He says he can't sleep until I go to bed, so I go when he does. Sometimes if I can't go right to sleep, I'll get up and read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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