DS 27 and his gf recently had a baby. As you’d expect they are being woken up during the night. DS has asked if he can move back in mon - fri so he can get a proper night’s sleep so he can concentrate on going to work and do his job effectively.
DH thinks the idea is outrageous and he should just ‘get on with it’ , I feel a bit confused as to why he is even asking. Surely other new parents don’t do this? I get sleep deprivation is hard, but I am not overly enamoured with this idea. But I don’t want to be unsupportive either - how would you respond?
AIBU?
Adult son wants to move back mon - fri to ‘get a night’s sleep’
HippPippy · 05/08/2022 13:58
Am I being unreasonable?
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POLLClassicblunder · 13/08/2022 07:33
I agree that sleep deprivation is dangerous and bad for your health. That is why I think the load should be shared between parents. How many mothers almost do dangerous things with their babies from sleep deprivation?
surreygirl1987 · 11/08/2022 19:10
I agree. There's very much a "mean girls" attitude here. Sometimes I think the women on these forums just come here to rip other women for the sake of being mean. Lol. Like OP literally made the post because she was concerned her son was not being fair to his partner. And then there are posts saying things like "your son is so awful! Why don't you care about your son's girlfriend!" 😂😂 the irony!!! They are clearly just trolls or they have completely failed to read between the lines.
I agree too. I read parts of this thread out to my husband and we were both disgusted by thr nastiness. My husband is still freaked out about how close he came to falling asleep at the wheel when he had to go back to work when we had a newborn and he was barely getting any sleep.
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