Please come in to discuss sleeping with the light on...or off...

BMD'sPeanut Posted: Mar 04, 2005 02:40 PM

Please come in to discuss sleeping with the light on...or off...

How do you deal with this?

Do you (or does your spouse) need to have the light on...Or off...

Are you in agreeance?

How do those who can not agree find a compromise?

What did you do?

Any suggestions to people who NEED a light...Or any suggestion to people who NEED the dark?

nov04LIbride Posted: Mar 04, 2005 02:41 PM

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OK, it's not like I need it bright as day, but I need a little light so I don't feel like I am in a casket! DH loves pure darkness...I got a tiny little nightlight that I put by my side of the bed. He can't see it from his side, but it gives me light to see if I get up.

Jan05Bride Posted: Mar 04, 2005 02:43 PM

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we both like the dark, but I like falling asleep to the TV and he hates it. So I'm trying to get used to falling asleep without the TV right now.

As for the dark, we have a streetlight outside the bedroom, it's orange in there at night, I hate it!

prncssrachel Posted: Mar 04, 2005 02:43 PM

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I need SOMETHING, like the clock or whatever. Something little with light because I get claustrophobic if not. But if there's an actual light on, I can't sleep. JT always leaves the room and watches tv downstairs if I need to sleep. He could fall asleep standing up, so there's no issues with him

tracyg Posted: Mar 04, 2005 02:44 PM

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I need dark. I can usually fall asleep with the tv on, but any other light is bad. And luckily he's the same. But then again he could probably sleep with the lights on and the tv blasting.

Nightlights are good for those that may need light.

nov04LIbride Posted: Mar 04, 2005 02:45 PM

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My DH also can't fall asleep with the TV on, and I LOVE falling asleep with the TV on.... It's all about compromise, but it's me compromising on that one.

August2004 Posted: Mar 04, 2005 02:46 PM

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I sleep with a night light on. It annoys DH but I am petrified of the dark.

tourist Posted: Mar 04, 2005 02:57 PM

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Posted by nov04LIbride

OK, it's not like I need it bright as day, but I need a little light so I don't feel like I am in a casket! DH loves pure darkness...I got a tiny little nightlight that I put by my side of the bed. He can't see it from his side, but it gives me light to see if I get up.

our bedroom is definiteely not casket -dark! We have blinds, but the outside light still comes in & we are right opposide the hallway windows of the adjacent building & tehy have BRIGHT lights on int her 24-7!

But we are both ok as long as the over head light is not on, so if oen of us is not in bed yet, teh otehr person will leave our bedsisde light on & turn the over head off, so we can see & then we turn it off when we get to bed.

CaCRmr Posted: Mar 04, 2005 03:04 PM

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We agree on sleeping with the lights off.

You guys have to compromise, one night leave the light or a nightlight on and one night turn the light off. Sorry there is no better solution

RedHead Posted: Mar 04, 2005 03:07 PM

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we sleep with the lights off but i need the TV on to fall alseep...He hates this which is why he tries to go to bed before me. I will watch tv until i am really sleep and then go to bed and fall alseep with it on.

Stefanie Posted: Mar 04, 2005 03:19 PM

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We both need complete darkness. I pull the dark velvet cutains closed, while DH covers up the clock on the cable box in our bedroom. We're like two vampires...

BriBri529 Posted: Mar 04, 2005 03:20 PM

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I need the tv to fall asleep also. I don't need lights. Brian generally sleeps with everything off. I can fall asleep with nothing if I am tired enough as long as Brian is with me. No way I could do it if I am alone.

luvsbob4603 Posted: Mar 04, 2005 03:41 PM

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Bob and I fall asleep with the lights off. i also like to have the tv on when i am in bed if i fall asleep with it on bob shuts it off.

Shorty McBride Posted: Mar 04, 2005 03:53 PM

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We both like dark.

Sometimes we both fall asleep w/ the tv on, but that's what sleep timers are for!

reallybehind! Posted: Mar 04, 2005 03:56 PM

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i need to have the tv on (muted). i can't sleep with an actual light on. but we do have a nightlight in the bathroom b/c i have to get up pretty much every night.

Stacey04 Posted: Mar 04, 2005 04:04 PM

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I like to watch TV and read before I go to sleep, I have a small lamp, which I almost always fall asleep with it on and DH turns it off.

We always fall asleep with the tv on and it is usually on when I wake up in the morning. If I wake up in the middle of the night the remote is usually somewhere under DH

btrflygrl Posted: Mar 04, 2005 05:36 PM

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we sleep in the dark....when I was living alone, I slept with the tv on...more for noise than light.

palebride Posted: Mar 04, 2005 05:47 PM

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DH likes to sleep with the TV on and I can usually fall asleep with it on - although I'd prefer not to

However, every morning, after my shower, I like to take a nap before I go to work, and it's then that the TV annoys me.....mostly because it's on Cartoon Network and I don't like Captain Planet so much

juju Posted: Mar 04, 2005 05:57 PM

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I love pure darkness. DH it likes to sleep with the light off but for me even the outside lights bother me. I sleep with a eye mask. I bought one a while ago at Victoria Secrets. It's soft and the elastic is not tight. I did buy a crappy one at one time and it was horrible.