How old are you and what time do you go to bed?

Early 40s - go up to bed 8.30 asleep anytime between 9 and 9.30. If not asleep before 10- it's a late one. Up at 6.30.

Also have a nap in the day when I can.

I find tv to be absolute shite.

I don't. There is plenty of choice.
I'm not morally superior about watching TV.

Husband unfotunately had v.painfull shingles and waking up to take painkillers in night and waking me up once or twice a night si going to bed at 9 ish and up around 6 or 7 am

Late forties. Bed around 11pm, up at 6am Mon-Fri.

At weekends I sleep much more.

At 67 recently retired i go to bed about 10...fall asleep quickley..wake up about 6am usually due to getting up early for job for past 40yrs ...trying to sleep later xx

@Alina3

Sadly sleep seems to have become something that is seen as optional and getting enough of it seems a bit indulgent

I don’t think it’s that anyone thinks it’s indulgent. There is a total consensus that sleep is a good thing.

But no one needs 11-12 hours a day unless they are unwell. If the need to sleep is such that you have no downtime when you are not asleep (unless you have infants or a chronic condition) it’s likely that there is something wrong. It’s also a pretty miserable existence: it means there’s no time to decompress after work/childcare.

I wouldn’t dream of standing in anyone’s way if they want to do this. I just think it’s a bit depressing.

mid fifties, in bed reading around 9pm and asleep at 10pm

Living the dream!! Lol!

Early 40's.

Bedtime: 3 am
Get up: 9:30 am
I love the quietness of night, and being able to work undisturbed on personal hobbies after I've finished at the 'day job',

WFH and don't usually start my shift until 10 am earliest.

I sleep badly due to my disabilities. So I usually go to bed about midnight but don't sleep till about 2. Then on a good night I'd wake at about 11. But it's usually more like 8 or 9.
I feel like I'm exhausted and in an ideal world would have a two or three hour nap in before dinner. So between 5-8pm. But that would just be too much I guess. I love sleeping but get really horrible nightmares every night.

I don't understand the "you don't have an evening!!" people when they follow that up by saying they just watch TV
I find tv to be absolute shite. I'd rather be getting 9 hours sleep and going to work feeling good than watching something just so I've "had an evening".

I'm 36 and a creature of habit. Upstairs at 10.30pm and in bed by 10.45pm to read a chapter of my book so lights out and going to sleep normally some time after 11pm. If I really get into my book and read more I like to be asleep by midnight. If I'm very knackered I skip the reading and am asleep by 11pm. Up at 7am every day so I easily get 7-8 hours a night which feels perfect.

I never go to bed before 9pm unless I'm really ill. I'm surprised the number of people saying they do on here. The only people IRL that I know go to bed before 9pm either are shift workers or have M.E!

@Alaimo I leave the office between 6 and 7pm on days I have a commute (3/5) to avoid the traffic but about every other week I go to after work drinks or meet a friend for dinner. I go to see a lot of live music and DP and I go to the cinema once a week. I go to the gym or an exercise class three times a week, and also have book club on a weekday evening every other week. I do my chores, grocery shopping, life admin etc on Saturday mornings so I have the rest of the weekend free.

I’ve never been able to do the watching TV in bed thing. I don’t have a tv in my room so it would have to be laptop which is rubbish, and I struggle to get comfortable. I like to get into bed with the intention of sleeping rather than treating it as an extension of my living room. When I read in bed, I read lying on my side in the dark until my eyes feel heavy.

65 and 10 pm. If dh is away then its long hot shower, hot chocolate, a snack and in bed for 8 with a film.
I retire next week and said "ooo I can stay up till 2 watching films" he said "but you won't though"

Bed around 11.30pm/12am. Up between 7 and 7.30am on weekdays, maybe 8 at the weekends.

Am always tired when I get up in the mornings, but not at all tired in the evenings. My body seems to be programmed opposite to how society is run.

I am 57 and go to bed around 11pm. I get up at 6am. Sometimes I stay up later to spend time with one of my young adult daughters if they are around. Or if I have work to do. I struggle to stay awake later than midnight.

54, lights always out at 9:30pm, I go to bed whenever I want to, the more I want to read, watch a show , the earlier I go.

48
Working full time
2 kids
10pm if possible!

Jeeez!! So many people in bed at the time i'm eating my dinner!
When do you do adult things?!!

I'm not home till 8/8:30pm and eating around 9/9:30pm every eve. Watch some TV then bed around 11/11:30 pm.
Up at 5:30am Mon - Fri and 7am at weekend.

No children, just horses and dogs!

I find it interesting that people are judged for waking up too late (not on this thread as that's not what it's about, but it's definitely a thing!) but also judged for going to bed too early. Sleep is important, it's fundamental for many people. If you're not getting a good night's sleep you can feel shocking the next day. Sadly sleep seems to have become something that is seen as optional and getting enough of it seems a bit indulgent. It shouldn't be a surprise that we're all different with different sleep needs and health challenges and work and life patterns.

My child goes to bed between 6-7pm. I get up early (6am daily) and pack a lot into my days. I am pretty content with 1-2hr of an evening before bed, and then getting plenty of sleep for the next early morning. I don't really feel this 'but you don't have an evening!' thing, I'm more of a morning person.

I will happily stay out later for meals out with friends, gigs, events etc. but if I'm home with nothing else on I'll usually head to bed around 8pm. Sometimes 7pm, sometimes 9pm. If it's earlier than 8pm though I will read and chill a bit before going to sleep. Love it.

Mid 40s. Go to bed/ sleep at 11-11.30pm. Wake around 6am. My sleep quality has improved massively since starting HRT.

41, I go to bed at 9 and usually read for an hour or watch TV. I usually wake up naturally between 5-6 am. I sleep like the dead.

I'm constantly bemused by friends who complain that they don't sleep well but are up messaging on WhatsApp at midnight! Put your fucking phone down, you idiot! Blue light disrupts your sleep patterns and keeps you awake.

62 nearly and work full time. In bed by ten to read and lights off 11.30 midnight. Wake up twice in the night normally and up at 6.45am.

I get the odd day when I'm absolutely wiped and in bed at 9pm but it's unusual
My netball matches are on until 9pm so I wouldn't get to play those if I went to bed so early!