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

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For context: I'm 36, mum of three (youngest is 2.5), work four days a week.

Im also someone who needs a lot of sleep.

So... introductions over. I'm in bed for 8/8.30 and asleep 8.30-9 every night. I then get up at 5.30/6 with my toddler.

Aibu to ask your age and when you go to sleep?

Between half 8 and 9, asleep by about half 10. I'm almost 37.

Im 29 and midnight normally no later as I have an one year old ds, husband takes my 7year old dd to school and I only wfh.

I’m 23 and go to bed at 9, asleep by 10. I have to be up at 6 for work.

59. Retired. Go to bed at 10.30 get up at 8.30. Wake up without an alarm at around 7.30

36yrs old mum of a 6 month old (first child)
Still on maternity leave.
I'm in bed by 10 the latest every night, earlier if baby goes down easier.

I wake up anywhere between 4 and 8.. I struggle to get back to sleep if she wakes for a night feed (usually 4 am onwards if it happens) x

52 and going through menopause, bed at 1130pm up at 5:45am

35, no kids.

Go to bed by 10:30pm.

Wake up at 5:30am.

56 go to bed 9.30 to 10 have an hour or so with my book wake some time after 5 and get up at 6

Me too. I'm 54, I'm surprised by the number of people on this thread going to bed pretty early. Even when my DC were tiny I can't remember going to bed much before 11pm.

43, aim to be asleep by 10.30pm.
Work alarm 5.30.
Days off x2, lye in until 7.30

I'm 39, asleep by 10.30pm without fail.

Up at 6am.

I'm 65 and DH is 70. We go to bed about 11pm and read phone/youtube/audible books till after midnight. He gets up about 7am and I wake about 8am and listen to audible books for an hour before getting up at 9am.

51
My sleep since peri hit can be variable but Ive been really prioritising down time and getting as much sleep as possible the last few years.
i head up 9ish most nights.
Potter and tidy my room a bit.
shower
and then bed with lights out by 10 at the latest Sunday to Thursday.
weekends I tend to stay up later but generally 10.30 is about as long as I can last unless it's a proper occasion 😂😂
I wake usually before my alarm goes off at 6.40
Weekends I doze as long as I can but generally am awake by 9 at the latest

I'm 34 - usually midnight, ish.

In my 40s, around 8/9pm.

I'm 70 and go to bed about 2 am.

Shower and bed 9pm- scrolling/reading until 10pm asleep 11pm.
Up 6/7am weekdays. 8am on weekends.

61 - normally in bed by 10.30, asleep by 11.

Up at 6.30 (but I do siesta for 1.5hrs most afternoons).

45, go to bed at 11 and read for half an hour, up at 6.30/7. I had no idea people went to bed so early! How is this even possible? My six year old doesn’t go to bed until at least nine.

37, with 2 kids age 5 and under. I work 4 days a week and usually go to bed around 10 ish and asleep by 11, up about 6.30am. some nights I scroll til much later. I'm ALWAYS tired. But...

I'd love to go to bed at 8.30/9 but my kids go down about 7.30, so then once I've had tea, when do I do the washing / make my lunch for work / have a shower / do the bags / do life admin / have any down time?? Honestly my mornings are always a rush and I get a half hour lunch break so genuinely... How are people getting to bed so early??

In my 40s, two young kids. 9pm on a weekday, about 10.30 at the weekend unless I’m really tired. 11pm occasionally, but that feels really late.
I am surprised by the 8pm/8.30pm ones! I thought I was early.

I am 34, always asleep before 11pm. Get up between 6.30-7.

I’m fascinated by these answers. I had no idea people went to bed so early. I think I’ve always been a night owl.

I’m 49, kids 14 & 11. Bed usually around 11-11:30, usually asleep by midnight, up at 7:30. Sleep later and wake later at weekends.

I’m mid sixties, still working, so I get up at 6:45 on schooldays. I try to be in bed by 11:30 but quite often don’t make that target, although I like to have 8 hours sleep. So I m frequently tired. I also wake up a lot in the night, so it’s sometimes only about 4-5 hours, which isn’t great.

Who are you to dictate what time people should turn in for the night and what is the norm?