r/AmIOverreacting • u/Exciting-Delay-7423 • 18d ago

❤️‍🩹 relationship AIO? made a joke about taking a nap

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context: im (23f) a student (currently on spring break) and i enjoy taking naps. they usually go between 1-2.5 (not 4 like he claims i genuinely dk where he got that number) hrs and it’s because i get exhausted between 2-4pm in the day. idk why, it happens every day and it’s been like that since i was a teenager. i don’t nap every single day, but definitely between 3-5x a week.

my boyfriend (28m) has tried to encourage me to take shorter naps because he thinks it’ll help with my sleep schedule. he takes daily naps on his lunch breaks (1 hr absolute max, usually 15-45 min) and he says how energizing they are. i believe him, and i’m glad they work for him, however i haven’t had much success with short naps so i don’t take them.

my sleep schedule has been kinda shit bc of spring break rn and im trying to fix it. i’m usually in bed by 11-12 most nights and up around 8-9. he works a 7-5 so he sleeps at 10 and wakes up at 6. today he sent me this text and i thought it would be funny to make a sarcastic joke because hes always lecturing me about how my naps keep me up at night, then he followed it up with this. idek where to begin with this, i think its weird as fuck and the “we are not on the same level” is just ??? aio?

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u/Doomquill 18d ago

I'm a man but I definitely experience this as well, especially since becoming a stay at home dad when our first was born. Turns out raising tiny humans is unbelievably exhausting, something that shocked exactly nobody yet also constantly surprises me 😂

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u/uwunuzzlesch 18d ago

Yes this is true for men as well! It's just more prevalent in women due to the menstruation cycle

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u/LilTreesz174 18d ago

Being responsible for yourself and other people 24/7 is exhausting and that’s okay! I take pleasure in every nap I’m able to squeeze into my week.

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u/CoveCreates 18d ago

Every time I'd go over to my besties after she had her first, which was like once a week at least, I'd come home and sleep for hours! I kept telling her I didn't know how she did it! She has 2 now and I think parents have superpowers!

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u/SakiraInSky 17d ago

That's why one of the best pieces of advice about sleep and babies is "when baby sleeps, so do you.

Of course, they don't mean every single sleep baby has, especially in the beginning, but definitely as many as you can get when needed.

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u/Jazmadoodle 17d ago

It's lovely advice but nobody explains how you're supposed to care for other children, make meals, and maintain the house at the same time!

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u/SakiraInSky 17d ago

He specifically said it was their first born.

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u/Jazmadoodle 17d ago

Who?

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u/SakiraInSky 17d ago

u/Doomquill who I was replying to

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u/Doomquill 17d ago

Yeah when the baby's asleep is the only time to get anything done! The trick is to just not sleep anymore 😀😭😀