kismetkismet Posted October 28, 2015 Posted October 28, 2015 Has anyone had to cope with having different sleep schedules from the person that you're dating? My bf has to get up at 5:45am for work every day, whereas I get up at 7:45. I'm a really light sleeper so I can't really sleep through his getting ready process and then sometimes can't get back to sleep properly. We also tend to stay up later than is probably best for him (like 11:30pm sometimes later). I don't want to have to sleep apart every weeknight, but we've started sleeping together a few times a week during the week and it's starting to wear on both of us. We are both currently actually pretty sick haha. Any tips/tricks/experiences?
rester Posted October 28, 2015 Posted October 28, 2015 Has anyone had to cope with having different sleep schedules from the person that you're dating? My bf has to get up at 5:45am for work every day, whereas I get up at 7:45. I'm a really light sleeper so I can't really sleep through his getting ready process and then sometimes can't get back to sleep properly. We also tend to stay up later than is probably best for him (like 11:30pm sometimes later). I don't want to have to sleep apart every weeknight, but we've started sleeping together a few times a week during the week and it's starting to wear on both of us. We are both currently actually pretty sick haha. Any tips/tricks/experiences? I'm the early-to-bed-early-to-rise guy in my relationship. Sometimes I'll be in bed by 8pm to get up at 5am, although typically it's around 9:30. My girlfriend will typically join me and read or watch movies until she gets tired. She tries to compromise by getting up earlier than she needs to so she is closer to my sleep schedule. In the morning, I get ready in a different room so I don't wake her up, and then I wake her up when I leave for work between 5:30 and 6:30. She either goes back to sleep for awhile or gets up to do things so she is more aligned with my schedule. I would suggest your boyfriend's "getting ready process" be moved out of the bedroom to avoid waking you up, and perhaps you try to shift your schedule a little earlier so that you're more aligned with his. 1
smackie9 Posted October 28, 2015 Posted October 28, 2015 wear ear plugs, and he can set his clothes he is going to wear in the bathroom the night before. You can also suggest he showers before bed.
smackie9 Posted October 28, 2015 Posted October 28, 2015 Or you go to bed early and get up with him, fart around of the computer to kill time before getting ready.
Author kismetkismet Posted October 28, 2015 Author Posted October 28, 2015 Very good suggestions! I would totally just adjust my schedule to meet his if it were like.. 6:45 rather than 5:45. I don't think I would ever be able to get enough sleep/fall asleep early enough for that. I will try it at some point though possibly, see if it's worth doing now and then since i don't fall back to sleep straight away anyway. I could work out or go in to work early I guess.. we actually work at the same place so maybe he could get up a bit later if I drove him in. brainstorming! Thanks
TaraMaiden2 Posted October 28, 2015 Posted October 28, 2015 My dearest H snores like a Hippo on heat. he would put a pneumatic road-drill to shame. He also happens to be one of these irritating people who can get to sleep within a minute of his head touching the pillow. I, on the other hand, am what is euphemistically referred to as 'a light sleeper'. Somewhat of a misnomer - I suffer from irregular yet sadly frequent insomnia. You name me a remedy, and I can guarantee I've tried it. If I have no work the following day, I stay up as late as I can to get myself into exhausted-mode. This means I wake up at 5.00am instead of 4.30am.... Yay me. I use ear-plugs, and on the occasions when I know I need a good night's sleep, will take half a zopiclone tablet. I do NOT pill-pop. I had a prescription for 28 tablets (that's 56 nights' sleep) dated November last year, and I took the last half, last week....
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