I must have a very young brain 😂

I'd say I sleep better for my naps. I do remember sleep experts saying this too. Don't know why though. I never take a good night's sleep for granted after my various ops.

I’m not a daytime napper either, unless I’m ill. My DM always felt it a lazy habit, I’m sure a bit of that has stayed with me.
My DH could nap for England, as can his sister. Sit them down and they’d both be asleep in minutes.

I love having an afternoon nap. It make me feel better for the rest of the day. And I still sleep well at night.

Good news about napping, I regularly nap. Can't keep my eyes open, but still sleep well at night.

Georgesgran

I’m not a daytime napper either, unless I’m ill. My DM always felt it a lazy habit, I’m sure a bit of that has stayed with me.
My DH could nap for England, as can his sister. Sit them down and they’d both be asleep in minutes.

As I recall, it was so often seen as a lazy foreign habit, practised only by lazy foreigners! There was something morally wrong with Brits doing it - though having said that, one of Barbara Pym’s novels (written and set pre WW2) mentions more than once obnoxious old Miss Dogget’s daily afternoon ‘rest’. But it’s never called a ‘sleep’ or a ‘nap’.

I've never been a napper, As an adult, I've never been able to fall asleep daytime even when I've tried tried, except when ill. Until recently, that is - only 62, but have discovered audio books (eye problems make actual reading, unpleasant and difficult) and I have nodded off to sleep quite a few times recently while listening to those!

Gosh I never nap during the day and hope I don’t start anytime soon. I must be a dunce 🤣.

Thats great does it effect your evening sleep at all. My hubby has thyroid problem and im always jealous how as soon as his heads hits the pillow his straight off.

I have to be very ill to sleep during the day. Carpe diem.

I nap now I have the perfect excuse I always blamed the family habits.

If I nap during the day I can't sleep at night.

FannyCornforth

kittylester

This explains a lot! I don't nap unless I actual lie on the bed. I don't do that as I just sleep and don't wake up for hours. I very rarely drop off while watching TV.

Same here, and when I do finally wake up I feel quite physically sick and really down in the dumps.

If I feel the need for a nap (which doesn't happen often) I set the alarm for an hour. If I sleep for longer I wake up very disorientated.
My husband has been an early to bed, early to rise person for many years and now we've retired I've adapted my hours to be slightly nearer to his. I don't sleep well unless it's dark in my bedroom and find that I wake early now, mainly because my bedroom is not fully light-proofed.
I'm not able to doze in a chair.

Well my DH must have a brain to rival Einstein! Since he was 11 years old he has had a nap (either before or after his evening meal). He can nap for up to 2 hours and still sleep all night. 🙄

I go to bed around 2am, get up around 10am, never nap. People who go to bed early and get up early have a self riteous attitude even though they nap for 2 hours in the afternoon.

My grandmother used to go for a nap for an hour and it was exactly an hour later when she came downstairs. She could also judge how much water the kettle and tea pot needed for however many cups of tea she needed to make. She was a great judge of time and weights and measures.

I think in the NE coal mining/factories were the main employers and it was traditional for most of the menfolk to go to the workingmans club for several pints of beer before Sunday lunch. As a result, many rolled or staggered home, sat down to a gargantuan lunch that they hadn’t helped prepare, then go to bed to sleep it off - often all afternoon, leaving their wives and daughters to deal with the mess. Both my Grandad and Uncle did this, while my DF always did the washing up, after he’d made my DM and me coffee. My Aunt and Grand would join us after they’d got their own washing up etc done and my DF would make their coffee too. I don’t think their husbands lifted a finger - ever.
A different life in the 50/60s.

Milest0ne

My grandmother used to go for a nap for an hour and it was exactly an hour later when she came downstairs. She could also judge how much water the kettle and tea pot needed for however many cups of tea she needed to make. She was a great judge of time and weights and measures.

Husband's grandma was a busy farmer's wife and went up to her bedroom every afternoon for "a rest". Everyone in the family knew she must not be disturbed.
(I did wonder if Grandad ever joined her - they had 6 children!)

I now fall asleep even during a meal and often make a cup of tea and wake to find it cold.
My husband always had an afternoon nap and if in the car would pull into a lay-by to have half an hour.

I keep very irregular hours. Usually nap between 4-7 pm and sleep between 4 and 8 am.

Cannot sleep unless it's bedtime and I sleep for eight hours, I'm in my mid 70s.

I have to lay down to get to sleep- just can't nod off while I'm sat up.

Not a napper generally. If I nap during the day it's a sign I haven't been sleeping well.

Bit confusing though - a little while ago I read something that suggested that if you were napping during the day it was a sign you may have heart problems 🙄

I only nap during the day if I'm unwell or have slept badly the night before. My husband falls asleep the minute he sits down to watch TV.

Sawsage2

I go to bed around 2am, get up around 10am, never nap. People who go to bed early and get up early have a self riteous attitude even though they nap for 2 hours in the afternoon.

I go to bed early and get up early but never nap in the day.

We started to get up early to have sometime on our own before the children got up.

My grandparents, religiously, had an afternoon nap and woe betide anyone who made even the tiniest noise.

I need eight hours in one go, so get very grumpy if I nap and only get 20 mins!! Sure if you get a good nights sleep of eight hours most nights you will be fine.