Why Do People Sleep Late?

Digging4Truth · #1 05-23-2009, 06:27 AM

I just wonder about why people sleep late.

I'm not talking your occasional sleep in because of a rough day.

I'm not even talking about sleeping in a little on Saturday morning.

What I'm talking about are those who people who, were they left to their own devices, would sleep until 10am... 11am... noon... 1 pm etc.

Those same people are those who tend to fight sleep to the last dying moment and finally give way to sleep when they can hold out no longer.

At night their take on life is... why go to sleep... it's "early"... there are things to do... fun to be had...

In the morning that same sleep that they struggled with until the wee hours of the morning is now their closest and dearest friend whom they don't want to part with.

This is one mode of thinking that I cannot seem to relate to.

Why do they do it?
Why not rise and greet the day?
Why not go ahead and start that day that they will be struggling to keep going a few hours down the road?

Tina · #2 05-23-2009, 07:11 AM

I wish I knew. My 16 year old is one of those people.

*AQuietPlace* · #3 05-23-2009, 07:28 AM

Many people are hard-wired to be night owls. I'm one of those. I feel energetic and productive at midnight, 1 a.m. That's when I do my best work.

I HATE MORNINGS.

In the mornings I'm sluggish, can't think, and want to punch anyone who wants to have a cheery conversation. And no, going to bed earlier doesn't change that. Or 'making' myself get up early. I've gotten up early for years now, but I still feel awful in the mornings. Even if I go to bed at 10 or 11.

For one thing, I can't sleep if I go to bed that early. I'll toss and turn all night.

It's just the way God wired some people. My preferred schedule, if my lifestyle would allow it, would be to go to bed at 3 a.m. and get up around 10 a.m.

(another thing I've discovered in my lifetime is that early birds never understand night owls. Lol. And of course I'm married to an early bird.

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Digging4Truth · #4 05-23-2009, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by *AQuietPlace*

Many people are hard-wired to be night owls. I'm one of those. I feel energetic and productive at midnight, 1 a.m. That's when I do my best work.

I HATE MORNINGS.

In the mornings I'm sluggish, can't think, and want to punch anyone who wants to have a cheery conversation. And no, going to bed earlier doesn't change that. Or 'making' myself get up early. I've gotten up early for years now, but I still feel awful in the mornings. Even if I go to bed at 10 or 11.

For one thing, I can't sleep if I go to bed that early. I'll toss and turn all night.

It's just the way God wired some people. My preferred schedule, if my lifestyle would allow it, would be to go to bed at 3 a.m. and get up around 10 a.m.

(another thing I've discovered in my lifetime is that early birds never understand night owls. Lol. And of course I'm married to an early bird.

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And I'm married to a night owl.

When I wake up in the morning I am ready to turn on all the lights, crank up the music & sing out loud.

When we first got married I would get up in the morning and do just that. I learned quickly that this wasn't kosher in the least.

I can now get up in the morning and quietly go through my little routine and never make a sound.

I am working today but, generally, on Saturdays my son and I head to the next town and go to Lowe's and buy some material to add to, fix or modify something on the property. By the time we get back (usually around noon) the women folk are generally all stirring by then.

It keeps the peace and helps me get things done around the house.

MissBrattified · #5 05-23-2009, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Tina

I wish I knew. My 16 year old is one of those people.

Don't begrudge it too much. Teenagers need more sleep than other age groups, even toddlers.

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Originally Posted by *AQuietPlace*

Many people are hard-wired to be night owls. I'm one of those. I feel energetic and productive at midnight, 1 a.m. That's when I do my best work.

I HATE MORNINGS.

In the mornings I'm sluggish, can't think, and want to punch anyone who wants to have a cheery conversation. And no, going to bed earlier doesn't change that. Or 'making' myself get up early. I've gotten up early for years now, but I still feel awful in the mornings. Even if I go to bed at 10 or 11.

For one thing, I can't sleep if I go to bed that early. I'll toss and turn all night.

It's just the way God wired some people. My preferred schedule, if my lifestyle would allow it, would be to go to bed at 3 a.m. and get up around 10 a.m.

(another thing I've discovered in my lifetime is that early birds never understand night owls. Lol. And of course I'm married to an early bird.

)

One of my best friends is just like you!!!

I prefer to get up early, but if I get in bed really late, I sleep late, because I need 7-8 hours of sleep no matter what time I go to bed. I get a lot of work done early in the morning--it's a very productive time for me. My husband is NOT a morning person. He doesn't sleep late, but sometimes I wish he would.

If I sleep too much, it actually makes me feel more tired and groggy than if I got too little sleep.

What early birds need to understand about night owls is that sleeping late isn't a sign of laziness anymore than going to bed at 8:30 p.m. is a sign of laziness.

In fact, someone who goes to bed at 8:30 and gets up at 6 is getting 9.5 hours of sleep/night, compared to a night owl who goes to bed at 1 a.m. and gets up at 9 or 10....they're only getting 8-9 hours.

Children need to be on a regular schedule, and as they start getting close to job-working age, they do need to learn how to get up earlier. I remember when I just had Hannah...Jeff would get up at 5 a.m. to get ready for work, so I would cook breakfast, then get Hannah out of bed and put her in my bed. We'd snuggle until about 9, and then get up for the day. I LOVED it.

*AQuietPlace* · #6 05-23-2009, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

I can now get up in the morning and quietly go through my little routine and never make a sound.

You are a wise man! I'm sure my husband would love to shake your hand and commiserate. LOL.

*AQuietPlace* · #7 05-23-2009, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by MissBrattified

.Jeff would get up at 5 a.m. to get ready for work, so I would cook breakfast,

My husband has requested that I not get up early and cook his breakfast.

MissBrattified · #8 05-23-2009, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by *AQuietPlace*

My husband has requested that I not get up early and cook his breakfast.

I don't do that anymore...Jeff has decided he just likes to grab a cereal bar and some coffee, so that makes my life easier.

Digging4Truth · #9 05-23-2009, 08:14 AM

Am I noticing a trend here?

It appears, so far, to be mostly the women folk who are "hard wired" to sleep late.

MissBrattified · #10 05-23-2009, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

Am I noticing a trend here?

It appears, so far, to be mostly the women folk who are "hard wired" to sleep late.

As long as household responsibilities are being attended to, I don't see it as a problem.

If you have teenagers in the house, their age probably explains their oversleeping better than their gender.