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MissAdventure Thu 01-Feb-18 23:18:48

Do you enjoy going to bed? Having a nice early night?
I have never liked it, and tend to put it off till the last minute, finding silly things to do to put off the moment. I blame my mum!
My friend only likes early nights on non work days, so that she doesn't feel that she 'has' to go.

Auntieflo Sat 03-Feb-18 18:25:27

I love our bed. Usually go to bed any time between 10 and 11, read for a while, or am on my Ipad, which is not good for me. When DH was working, and often away for a few days at a time, I hated going to bed alone and would stay up until all hours, finding things to keep me up. But not now.

Barmeyoldbat Sat 03-Feb-18 11:37:08

Love my bed and I don’t have any problem sleeping, most of the time go to bed around 10 and sleep hits me as soon as my hit the pillow until around 8 or even later.

varian Fri 02-Feb-18 18:51:17

I believe in "why run when you could walk?, why walk when you could stand still?, why stand when you could sit down?, why sit when you could lie down?????"

Having said that I do realise that there are quite a lot of folk, especially old folk, who don't have a choice. So I force myself to be more energetic than my lazy self might like.

Grandma70s Fri 02-Feb-18 12:47:55

I love going to bed, the earlier the better. I read, look at the iPad or watch television. Television in the bedroom is frowned on by many, but I think it’s heaven. Lights out between ten and eleven, wake around 5.30 (or earlier if I’m unlucky), up by 7-ish. I’m a creature of habit now, and hate any disruption to my routine.

paddyann Fri 02-Feb-18 12:26:13

we tend to sit until 2am or later chatting and listening to music.Now that we're semi retired we can lie in most days well except for the three where GD needs driven the 15 miles to school when its 8.30 out of the door so I'm up at half seven and OH falls out of bed at 8'15 washes his hair and has breakfast in the 15 minutes before he has to go....now sometimes we do go back to bed if theres nothing much happening ,but usually a cuddle and a chat not to sleep

JackyB Fri 02-Feb-18 11:47:18

I am usually in bed well before my DH. I don't watch TV, he does, so I take my laptop to bed and watch English TV on Youtube, or a DVD. Sometimes I might read or listen to one of the numerous podcasts I have downloaded from the BBC, whilst doing Sudoku or solitaire card games on the tablet.

It's not very comfortable, though - I certainly sleep much on the settee. But I have to put the clock from the lounge into the kitchen because the ticking drives me mad!

hildajenniJ Fri 02-Feb-18 10:14:09

I go to bed between 10:30 and 11:00. I never settle down for sleep then though. I'm usually still awake after midnight either reading or Gransnetting or doing sudoku or word games.
When I was young my Mother would go to bed, and seeing my light on would say, "Hilda put the book away and go to sleep". I've always been a night owl.

harrigran Fri 02-Feb-18 09:12:15

I am better out of bed than in it, all the aches and pains get worse when lying down. Strange that I can sleep like a baby on the settee, even sitting up.

Maggiemaybe Fri 02-Feb-18 09:05:09

I love my bed once I’m in it, but I don’t like to miss out on anything interesting downstairs and hate the palaver of getting there - the pills, the teeth, the face, the creams - so put it off and don’t usually make it with my book till after midnight. No problem as I don’t have to get up early most days, though I do get told off by my MiFit.

I remember a ghost story that kept my hands firmly under the covers after lights out - someone reaching out for the clock or something and a ghostly hand taking theirs. And an opening episode of Luther where the baddie was under the bed. shock

Greyduster Fri 02-Feb-18 08:51:46

Eglantine you only need to worry about the burglar in the wardrobe if he’s trying on your clothes!! I used to get my father to look under the bed every night as a child. These days, we go to bed around ten and I play scrabble on my Nintendo for a while. I after lie awake for ages after lights out, so I might as well be up!

Christinefrance Fri 02-Feb-18 08:50:21

I like my bed too, I don't sleep very well but enjoy snuggling down with a good book. My dogs insist I get up at 8am to take them out.

gillybob Fri 02-Feb-18 08:15:18

I love my bed . I just wish I could sleep better when I’m in it . I find it easy to fall asleep in the chair but as soon as my head hits the pillow the sweats start and my mind races. It’s all downhill after that .

jusnoneed Fri 02-Feb-18 08:05:35

I'm in bed just after 10pm most nights, and glad to get there. I usually read for half an hour or so and then go off to sleep quickly. Most nights have to get up to spend a penny around 2/3am and then get up about 6.30. Shower and a coffee to get the day going. I hate lying in bed once I'm awake.

Charleygirl Fri 02-Feb-18 08:05:03

I love going to bed where I can relax with a good book and read until midnight which I use as my cut off point.

I find that I am going to bed earlier and frequently find myself in bed before 10.30pm having had a shower and my hot water bottle is keeping my bed warm. My cat then joins me for cuddles.

I used to be a night owl but I am now up around 7am most mornings. This I think is because of work I was up very early every day and that is difficult to change. Also my cat rarely allows me to have a lie in without waking the neighbourhood with her screams.

Bellasnana Fri 02-Feb-18 07:14:15

I love going to bed, it is so comfortable settling in with a hot water bottle behind my back. I usually go at around 10pm.
It’s the getting out of it in the morning that I dislike. I’m getting very lazy these days blush

kittylester Fri 02-Feb-18 06:38:04

We have been up since 5.45 am. We wake up naturally after years of setting the clock to get a bit of peace and quiet before all the children erupted into our room.

I love my bed too and often go about 9.30 and read for an hour or so.

M0nica Fri 02-Feb-18 06:27:14

Good morning, this lark was in bed by 10.30 and woke naturally at 5.30 and got up. I have been pottering quietly downstairs since then, getting so much done because all is quiet, that I decided I had time to look through Gransnet.

I quite enjoy the dark mornings, cosy and warm in my study with my radio and a large mug of coffee.

Menopaws Fri 02-Feb-18 06:08:19

Love going to bed and often go early but so does my husband as he gets tired but don't go before he does. Hate getting up as I love a lie in but work means I have to be up at 7 which isn't bad but still hate it

jordana Fri 02-Feb-18 00:17:16

I went to bed at 10.30 and haven't slept a wink due to aching legs. Now up , on grans net and drinking Irish coffee

Nelliemoser Fri 02-Feb-18 00:12:17

I am still up, partly because I don't want to be awake in the early mornings when it is still dark..

MissAdventure Fri 02-Feb-18 00:04:21

Its only of late that I spend time in or on my bed. I used to hop out the second I woke up, and only go to bed when I wanted to sleep. Now I fetch supplies in with me, and a coffee. Maybe that's why I don't sleep well these days.

Marydoll Fri 02-Feb-18 00:01:47

I put it off as long as possible, as I sleep so badly. I have become a night owl, when I used to be a lark.

ninathenana Thu 01-Feb-18 23:49:36

Yes, I love my bed.
H and I usually go to bed at 11pm. I'm nodding off in front of the TV by then and could sleep for a few hours but once I move upstairs I'm then wide awake and spend the next
2-3 hrs using my Kindle.

MissAdventure Thu 01-Feb-18 23:48:45

Hop in quickly then, and don't let any body parts hang out of the bed during the night. smile

Eglantine21 Thu 01-Feb-18 23:47:02

I've washed up and made the camomile tea. I really am going to bed now......