“70 y/o retired. Sleep on the couch. Wake up in the middle of the night, take a leak then crawl into bed. The couch is a deeper sleep. The bed is half and half. sleep/awake Nightmares of being late for work.”
That’s my hubby. I’m surprised we don’t meet on the stairway as we change sleeping locations. However, somehow the coffee pot always seems to call one of us or the other. I often find that if I have a cup of coffee between 2 and 5 a.m., I can then finally fall into a deep sleep for at least a couple of hours. He does the same, so we do often meet at the coffee maker at the middle of the night.
I’m a sofa sleeper every night for several years now. Love it!
(You have mail.)
That reminds me. As a younger man I found out old people don’t sleep together. On 2 or 3 occasions a burglar entered the house at night. The wife was the first to confront. Newspapers wrote: “Mr. So and So was sleeping in another room. Probably hiding under the covers.
It’s gotta be snoring, sleep apnea machines, non-bathing, or there-goes-the-romance. I never married. If you have to wait half the night for company might as well wear pjs. He’s gonna be late.
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“He does the same, so we do often meet at the coffee maker at the middle of the night.”
Sounds romantic. :)
Put bed and couch in the same room or at least on the same floor.
I suspect most couch-sleepers do it because it’s easier to configure a couch to your body, make it more comfortable than a flat bed. Else why do it?
But if you’re getting up in the middle of the night and you’re past the age where broken bones don’t scare you...sleep on the same floor where the bathroom is.
Two people I know recently suffered falls, broken legs and hip, from simple trips to the bathroom. One died last week from the aftereffects (lengthy hospital stay, infection, embolism, death).
If you are looking at retirement and want it long and comfortable, the first thing to do with your nest egg is fix yourself up with a senior-safe bathroom. Otherwise you’re only a little safer than if you stagger out and cross the highway in the middle of the night.