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Do men need more sleep than women?

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fizzbuzz · 01/12/2007 08:41

Dp claims he needs 9 hours a night, and 2 lie ins. In fact he can't fuction without at least one lie in a week until about 10.30.

I have never needed a lie in, since having ds 14 years ago, in fact i think they are a waste of a day. Am I only the only person in the world like this? When I wake up, I have to get up, I get bored lying there staring at the ceiling

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fizzbuzz · 01/12/2007 10:21

In fact I wish I was like Mrs T, and only needed 4 hours. I would be able to get so much more done

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coldtits · 01/12/2007 10:09

I am an owl. Far more functional at 4 am if I haven't slept first.

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fizzbuzz · 01/12/2007 09:45

Yeah, probably larks and owls.

I go to bed early as well, so I must be a lark (not an early lark though, a sort of 7.30 am lark)

It's just in every relationship I've had, I seem to pick men who need a lot of sleep, so perhaps I have some sort of problem here!

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Weegle · 01/12/2007 09:38

I think some PEOPLE (gender irrelevant) need more sleep than others. Margaret Thatcher managed to "run" the country for years only ever on 4 hours sleep a night (might explain things) but I NEED 9 on average. I can cope for several weeks with approx 5 hours a night but then my body caves and I have to sleep. DP needs about 7.5 a night but he needs a lie in each week - and to be honest I grant it because it makes him nicer to know!

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Othersideofthechannel · 01/12/2007 09:35

Some people need more sleep than others. I don't think it is gender related.

Also some people are larks and some are owls.

My DH is a bit like yours fizzbuzz but he only gets to lie in until 9am once a week (it is still 3 hours after the kids get up so a good lie in)

I don't do lie-ins, I didn't even manage them as a teenager, but I do need one really early night a week.

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fizzbuzz · 01/12/2007 09:07

Aaah no Colditz...........he never gets it!
I think he it talking twaddle and tell him so. Never ever would I let him get away with not doing his share...No way.

But he does seem to need more sleep than me, and I have read somewhere that men need more kip

17 out of 24...could never do that..sometimes wish I could

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coldtits · 01/12/2007 08:52

"I must have 9 hours sleep a night and 2 lie ins" Is that his way of saying "You, Woman! I will carry on as before. you will skivvy for me! Chop, chop!"

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unknownrebelbang · 01/12/2007 08:50

DH would LOVE 9 hours a night and 2 lie ins.

He does need more sleep than I do, but he doesn't get that luxury.

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coldtits · 01/12/2007 08:50

I have and happily will sleep for 17 hours out of 24. So no, I don't think it's a man thing.

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edam · 01/12/2007 08:49

No, of course not! I need more sleep than dh but I wouldn't extrapolate to a general rule for everyone who happens to share my gender. Am cross this morning because dh woke me up fiddling around with the light fitting in the sitting room (directly under our bed).

You get up if you want to, but leave us sleepy ones alone. And don't make too much noise while you are about it!

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totaleclipse · 01/12/2007 08:49

I get a headache if I have a lie in, and I feel rushed all day.

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fizzbuzz · 01/12/2007 08:48
Grin
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zippitippitoes · 01/12/2007 08:46

same here

i actually read the thread title as do men need to sleep with more women

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RubySlippers · 01/12/2007 08:44

i dream of laying in bed until 10.30 am!

DS wakes us between 6.30 and 7.00 am although the last couple of mornings it has been 5.00 am

don't think it is a male/female thing TBH

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