Sleeping in your chair

My DH drops off to sleep in his chair quite frequently. Often he has his laptop on his knee or a cup of coffee in his hand. He chooses a programme on the television that he wants to see, then falls asleep leaving me watching something I'm not really fussed about...

DH is quite shameless about sleeping in a chair. I think he sleeps more in his chair than in his bed.

On the other hand he is suffering from heart failure and has a heart monitor and had major surgery, so I think it goes with the territory.

I wish I could sleep 12 hours a day I don't think it is a man thing, more of a needing more sleep as a person thing? I know I need more than my husband and I really cannot watch tv in the week when i am working as I zonk out straight away

I often nod off in my chair these days.
I bite my tongue, usually, and wake myself up.

Not sure whether it's a "man thing". I sometimes fall asleep on the sofa after the evening meal. DH never falls asleep except in bed (instantaneously). My post-prandial nap can be explained by insomnia at night, plus the fact that blood is being diverted away from the brain by an intake of food in the stomach. But that's just me. I doubt if the phenomenon has a universal explanation.

We both fall asleep as soon as heads hit pillows, in bed.

Apart from sleeping in bed, we're awake.

Perhaps some need more sleep than others or own cosy chairs.

I've currently got a chest infection, which makes me cough. I spent several nights last week sleeping in my recliner chair, encased in a full length fleece robe and wrapped in a blanket, as lying down in bed brought on coughing fits! Thankfully it's a bit better now and I'm back in bed again.

I don’t sleep terribly well at night but can never nod off during the day unlike my dh who is exactly the same as yours exdancer.

I rarely nod off in the day so I never sleep in a chair, I do nod off fairly quickly once I put my book down at night.

My DH falls asleep in his chair. This has been more noticeable this past year. It turns out that he has health issues that we did t know about and the sleeping is part of it. His sleep is broken at night with visits to the wc so we thought it was just that but it isn’t. Also, he gets fed up with these grey days and longs for the spring.

I've been known to 'rest my eyes' in my reclining chair after dinner. It doesn't happen often, but it feels very nice. I would say 10 minutes at most.

DH will also fall asleep in his chair, but usually later in the evening, watching a tv show that he has chosen. If I dare change the channel, he will usually wake up. I've learned that if I turn the volume much lower, I can change shows and let him rest.

My husband could sleep for England and win! He sleeps for anything up to 2 hours every evening whilst watching TV, then goes to bed and falls asleep as soon as his head hits the pillow. When we travel by plane, he's asleep before I've even got my seat belt buckled up 🙄 and most definitely before we take off! On holiday he has to take a nap for an hour or two before we go out for our evening meal. Ideally he needs 14 hours sleep per day - I'd be annoyed if I slept that much, to me it's such a waste of time!

I never used to fall asleep anywhere but in my bed, but recently I have nodded off in my recliner half way through a tv programme or even while reading a book! Then when I go to bed, I can’t sleep!!

This is me!

I have always nodded off since 1988 and my health was getting worse . I am lucky if I can stay awake after 9. True story I decided I wanted to watch a film that started at 9 well I started to watch next thing I knew my tv was on no sound. I thought it had broken then I noticed Emily Blunt and realised it was the Quiet place . Slept through the whole film .Then I went to bed.

I fall asleep in the car ,train and even on the bus. It's your body telling you need to rest . Just go with it don't fight it.

I agree, merlotgran. 🤣
I sleep badly, am awake and up around 0630 most days, so am shameless at having a post-prandial nap if I can. It’s 99% of the time in my chair. I can sleep between 20 minutes and 1 hour depending on how tired I am.

Not on a chair, but with feet up on a sofa. Often!

I would love to sleep well at night, and rarely sleep ina chair either.
The night is possibly my own fault as I listen to the Archers before I settle with earphones in and when I wake up I turn radio to various other things during the course of my sleep.
Perhaps I need to banish the sounds from my reach and just have my book again.

I can’t sleep in a chair or recliner..my backache reminds me to get up… my AD can fall asleep on my 2seater sofa very easily…

I've noticed this winter that 5 o'clock has become snooze time. Me and the cat on one sofa and OH and the dog on the other sofa, all fast asleep. Hopefully as we move into spring we will be a bit more lively!

I’ve slept in a chair once, jet lag, MrJ very occasionally naps in his seat for about 10 minutes, probably 5/6 times a year.

My mother in law used to doze off , watch TV and /or knit from her early fifties in an old and not very comfortable chair downstairs .
She told me that sometimes she couldn't be bothered to go to bed . She added that she only went to bed if she had visitors , because it looked bad .

Since I turned seventy - I get comfortable in my recliner chair and have the same problem though without the knitting !

I do occasionally nod off when sitting in front of the TV but it is usually brief.
DS always falls asleep when he visits and I put it down to long covid, any kind of activity exhausts him.

I rarely sleep in my chair unless I am poorly even if I have slept badly at night. However DH likes a nap after lunch always has done if he got the chance, a quick Power Nap and he is wide awake and rating to go again. As he has got older the naps are longer!