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If you love a nap how old are you?

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mamareg · 03/07/2025 20:50

I'm 57 and I'd say I've been loving a nap for at least 5 years. Used to also have them when younger if I'd had a busy day.

Just curious to see if anyone else loves naps and how old you are? I wondered if it's an age thing but I didn't think I was old yet 🙈

OP posts:
Lucylurker · 03/07/2025 20:54

I am a great napper! Is my superpower! I am 59, but have napped if possible since I was much younger, especially if going out for a late night.

whitewineandsun · 03/07/2025 20:55

48 this month. Love a nap.

Ilovegoldies · 03/07/2025 20:56

I'm 53. I regularly have a siesta. I've been doing it for at least 15 years.

MaggieMJ · 03/07/2025 20:56

I love sleeping but can't wake up so feel naff after a nap

Decapitatedsausage · 03/07/2025 20:57

44, and have always been an excellent napper from my teens onwards. I do however have a buggered thyroid and am exhausted 95% of the time though!

Wibblywobblybobbly · 03/07/2025 20:57

I love a nap and I'm in my 40s. I've loved naps since I was at uni though!

Trinity69 · 03/07/2025 20:58

Just turned 45 and think naps are epic. About 2pm is optimum time.

alexalisten · 03/07/2025 20:59

36 but been napping since my teens but i have a lot of health conditions and im on a lot of medication so do seem to need a lot of sleep

Elephantsarenottheonlyfruit · 03/07/2025 21:02

Doesn’t matter how old I am. Love a nap. Always have, always will!

HungryAndLazy · 03/07/2025 21:03

I've always loved naps. I'm 43. Don't really get the opportunity as working m-f then always busy at the weekends.

Kimwestonhelpless · 03/07/2025 21:04

Late 50s..love a 😴

ScratCat · 03/07/2025 21:05

52 - I have loved a nap for my whole adult life. I have one pretty much every day. About an hour from 4.

When my kids still slept during the day, I’d sleep at the same time. I really love a nap and I think it does me good.

LondonFox · 03/07/2025 21:05

I napped all my life after lunch if I had opportunity.
Everyone in my family loves naps.
I'm middle age. Family range is 2.5y to 75y.

Naps are life 💖

Brownieshonour · 03/07/2025 21:10

Love an hour in t’shawl.
I’m 61 but have been the same for many years.

MooseAndSquirrelLoveFlannel · 03/07/2025 21:10

I'm 44 & have loved a Sunday afternoon nap for years. Alas, these days if I nap it screws with my sleep at night so I try to avoid it but still steal an occasional doze on the sofa.

alcoholnightmare · 03/07/2025 21:11

Almost 40…. Have loved naps since being a child/teen and so on.
get properly into bed, curtains shut, the lot. No sofa type naps fully clothed for me

fthisfthatfeverything · 03/07/2025 21:11

45 and can’t day sleep at all.
even after a night shift I sleep for 3 hours r so. That’s from the previous morning

uncomfortablydumb60 · 03/07/2025 21:11

I’m 60 but have needed a 2 hour afternoon nap for.30 years
However I have CP and Bipolar and sleep is really important for both conditions

TheTempest · 03/07/2025 21:12

I’m 38 and have loved a nap my whole life really. I have to nap every day, I can miss the odd one but my body just shuts down eventually. I am chronically ill though with multiple disabilities so I think it’s due to that.

addictedtotheflats · 03/07/2025 21:13

37, naps are amazing. I try and get an hour with my daughter every day im off work with her. The best ones are when both kids are in childcare on the sofa to trash tv.

RhinestoneCowgirl · 03/07/2025 21:13

I'm 47, I've often napped. Had 20 mins late afternoon today in my hammock, lovely!

BitOutOfPractice · 03/07/2025 21:13

Im you going to be controversial here.

I loved a nap when the kids were small, in my 30s / early 40s.

now, late 50s I don’t have time. I’m too busy out there living.

Maybe in a few years time when I stop working I might do it again for now, I’m napless

Dr13Hadley · 03/07/2025 21:30

I adore naps! Best time of my week is on my day off on a Wednesday. I do all my “jobs” in the morning after the school run. Have a spot of lunch then have a proper in-bed nap, blinds closed, audiobook on and alarm set for a couple of hours. Bliss!
I do have ADHD though and expect that does play into it. It’s my little reset midweek that helps me stay functional.
Edited to add I’m 43.

stargirl1701 · 03/07/2025 21:31

Late 40s. I have been napping daily since puberty! #ProbablyAutistic

DramaAlpaca · 03/07/2025 21:32

I'm 61 and I love a nap. I come home from work and usually have a snooze on the sofa for an hour to recharge my batteries.

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