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What time do you go to bed?

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lavenderzen Mon 20-Jan-20 19:50:23

Go to bed at 9.30 pm and read for an hour and a half. Awake during the night every few hours, usually up by 7.30 a.m.

bluebirdwsm Mon 20-Jan-20 19:49:45

I go to bed about 11.15pm, read for a bit, wake 7.40ish.
Take a cup of tea back to bed, read again and get up 8.30-9am.

But I've often had a bad night and been awake for 2-3 hrs in the night.

FlexibleFriend Mon 20-Jan-20 19:45:24

I go to bed about 11-11.30pm and get up at 8.30-9 am.

jura2 Mon 20-Jan-20 19:45:19

Both retired, and we like to watch the 10pm News- which is here at 11pm as we are 1 hour ahead. Often Newsnight afterwards- so bed around 12.30...

alarm goes at 8.15 and OH usually gets up soon after and takes dog out, and ahhhh how appreciated, brings me a cup of rooibosch - and I let it cool down a bit for a few extra wonderful minutes.

Pudding123 Mon 20-Jan-20 19:42:05

I usually go between 10 and 10.30 but usually wake about 3 .30 to go to the loo ,sometimes I go off again until 7 but sometimes I can't get back to sleep stay awake and watch the news at 6.

phoenix Mon 20-Jan-20 19:39:57

I used to go to bed around 11pm, but I've found myself gradually moving to Mr P's schedule!

He gets up at about 4.30am, therefore goes to bed around 9pm.

I used to get up at 7.30, but now seem to be in the kitchen not long after 6am confused

Ellianne Mon 20-Jan-20 19:39:46

Around midnight. Not up until 8.30 ish

Patsy70 Mon 20-Jan-20 19:38:50

What's normal, Fennel? It depends on your lifestyle, personal preferences, how much sleep you require, whether you work or not, surely? I'm retired and usually in bed by 10.30 and then read for a while. I often wake about 4am, read a little, then go back to sleep until about 7am. My OH goes to bed about midnight and gets up about 9am (unless he's playing golf, going to gym/archery), having read for a while. We're all different.

TrendyNannie6 Mon 20-Jan-20 19:38:15

I go to bed around 1130 and up at 630/7

Iam64 Mon 20-Jan-20 19:35:26

I'm often off to bed at 9pm, read for an house and lights out before 10.30pm

Marydoll Mon 20-Jan-20 19:33:40

Midnight for me and then up at 6.30am to take some of my medication and I don't nap during the day.
There aren't enough hours in the day for me.
Fennel, we are all different, it's what works for you, that matters.

Curlywhirly Mon 20-Jan-20 19:32:16

I don't like to go to bed before 11.00pm. I think it stems from being the youngest of 3 and being sent to bed much earlier than my two older siblings; I still equate going to bed early as some kind of punishment! DH has no such hangups - he's usually in bed by 10.00pm at the latest, despite having an hour nap at 7.00pm; that man could sleep for England, and win!

crazyH Mon 20-Jan-20 19:31:56

No Fennel, you're not - I am. I am awake when everyone is fast asleep (about 12.30a.m.) and just stirring, when everyone else is up, bright and breezy (about 8.30a.m) . Now, do you feel normal? I hope so ?

Fennel Mon 20-Jan-20 19:24:27

I'm beginning to think that I've got days and nights mixed up.
Especially during these short winter days.
Thank God I've still got a husband and he goes out every morning before 7am and we get up around 5-6 in preparation.
So by now I'm thinking of having supper of toast and jam and going to bed. We have our main meal at lunchtime.
I do read in bed for an hour or so.
Are we abnormal?