to belive that yes. i have indeed worked harder than everyone else this week.

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DH works hard. 5 days a week. 2 early starts. Does housework.

DD1 works hard. IB plus p/t job plus revision.

DD2 is bone idle

I do all the above in 13 hour night shifts. I feel like shit. I am tired. Night shifts are killing me.

AIBU to think that I am entitled to be a little martyr-like and do abdolutely fuck all else when i have had about 7 hours sleep in the last entire fucking week.

Answer carefully. I might cry and kill you.

I will be careful. I did two years of nights at a homeless shelter. It almost killed me. Only 12 hour shifts. I expected to do nothing else. It was like having the flu all the time. I had a permanent cough as well. I'm so glad to be out of that job.

YANBU

Nights turn me into a gibbering mess.

The only way to survive is

Comfiest pjs
Mindless tv
No talking
No thinking
Chinese food
Chocolate

Night shifts are a pain in the arse! YANBU!

I couldn't begin to cope with nights - I'm in awe of anyone who manages it.

The fucking talking is getting on my tits. They want me to communicste. Badtards.

Grunt, drink wine, eat takeaway curry and chocolate. If they come too near, bear teeth and growl...

I am with you . I do a shift pattern that works as 2 earlies (12 hours long) starting at 6.30am with a 100 mile commute , then 4 night duties (8 hours long ) also with same each way commute , then 2.5 days off , then 2 earlies ( hours) and then 3 lates ( getting home at 1am )

So far , I managed to come home at 1am two days ago , only to have DS4 wake 5 minutes later having thrown up spectacularly everywhere , and then spent the rest of the night alternatively throwing up and imitating a leech. Then spend the day washing bedding , only to fall into bed and 30 minutes later have DD2 start throwing up . Then when she stopped, DS's 1,2, and 3 started . I'm knackered . DH was up too ,in fact at 4am we were staring at each other across a vomit ridden landing trying to work out which floor was more strategically advantageous to mop first .

Be as martyr like as you wish . I'm opening the Baileys .

DH used to prepare what he called the Terry not the real name Cave with drinks and snacks and a bed and lead me up there.

I have done one month of nights. It is killing me. It took a week before I knew it wasn't for me and applied for day jobs (interview next week for a 9-5 job fingers crossed)

Earplugs, blackout blind and bed. I hate nightshifts too.

No most definitely not!

YANBU I am single parent to 3 year old DS work fulltime in 12.5 hour shifts including nights and I went totally mental at the weekend...I mean completely lost it and now on AntiD's. I have spent all week doing bugger all but read, watch tele and snooze!!

Tell your husband you will end up as potty as me if you don't go to bed right now and get waited on hand and foot!

I have shouted about what sort of bloody chicken. Esten. Had beer and now orf to bed. Fickitall.

I love my bed.

poor OP. you have my sympathy. you must be shattered.

I used to enjoy nights when I worked shifts. Much less work than in the day, extra money and an extra day off (4x10 hr nights as opposed to 5x8 hr days). I used to love going home past everyone on their way to work knowing I was going to my bed!. Makes some people quite ill tho and I know permanent nights reduce your expected life-span by several yrs!. (And I did used to get a bit disinhibited and silly between 4 and 6am!).

Night shifts are awful.

My Dad only works night shifts and I genuinely think it has affected his personality. He's not unpleasant,he's lovely but he's always tired. And days off just aren't the same for night shift people because they get two days off.

So Yanbu OP

My Dmum was a police officer and did night shifts.
my mum is brilliant, lovely, fantastic mother.

When she was on night shifts she turned into a nightmare to be around.

Ddad and I used to joke (very quietly) that if you woke her up when she was trying to sleep her head would spin on her shoulders.

If she got woken up, well dad and i would turn tail and run!

I spent my gcse study leave studying very quietly and silently hopping around trying to stop the dogs from making any noise...

I totally understand OP... I'm sure your family will still love you even if you're alittle bit crazy tired at the moment

The only way I could ever do night shifts is if the rest of my time was focussed on everyone I came into contact with giving me a round of applause and tucking me in gently while making me interesting snacks .

I would be rubbish .