I am retired and I always worked the night shift. Now that I am retired my wife thinks I am weird if I want to stay up all night and sleep during the day...I say thats my call as i have done this all my life..well almost all of it
2007-02-10 03:36:38 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
i am a fulll time employee and my husband is a shift worker.
I find it hard because he is home during the day with we make time for it even if he wakes me 3:00am in the morning . or we just sneek away , when the kids are buisy we just make time for it.Even if its just for him or just just finish the job later myself.
2007-02-10 03:50:29 · answer #1 · answered by tracy f 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have trained your body all of your working career to be on this type of sleep pattern. It would be difficult to just go right to a sleep all night and be up during the day pattern but it can be done....if that's what you want which is really the more normal schedule. Make your self stay up during the day, do strenuous activities to make your self exhausted, do this for several days and eventually you will be on an awake during the day sleep during the night routine. Good Luck
2007-02-10 11:45:59 · answer #2 · answered by dekota1997 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was in the bar business for 20 years - working a lot of nights. After I sold the business, it took a couple of weeks, but I got back on a so-called "normal" sleep pattern to be with the wife, kids and friends.
Do I miss working the nights? Nope.
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2007-02-10 12:49:49 · answer #3 · answered by bonniesgang 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe she was looking forward to sleeping with you and spending more time with you now that you are retired. Could you compromise - change your schedule so that there is some overlap that would give you both some alone time but some together time as well?
2007-02-10 11:41:40 · answer #4 · answered by jane7 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nothing is wrong with that. But does it conflict with spending time with your wife, kids?, friends and family members. Now that your retired wouldn't you want to spend some more time with the love of your life, Golf? jk your wife?
2007-02-10 11:42:10 · answer #5 · answered by Smitha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's only natural! you were in a routine for years,it's like a habit & habits are hard to break.youre not weird,youre normal!
2007-02-10 11:40:43 · answer #6 · answered by swt-bby-gl-69 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nothing different in it
2007-02-10 11:39:38 · answer #7 · answered by keral 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋