Her Husband Decided To Take A Nap On Christmas Day Instead Of Spending Time With Their Children, And She Was Furious
This thirty-nine-year-old woman has been married to her husband, who is forty, for over fifteen years at this point. They also have two daughters together, who are nine and ten years old.
Now, since they have been together for a decade and a half, they understand each other quite well. They both recognize that they are independent people but do enjoy spending quality time together as well.
In terms of sleep, she and her husband also know that they are complete opposites. Apparently, her husband is a total night owl, and she is the lightest sleeper ever.
“I cannot sleep in no matter what I do,” she revealed.
She also never takes any naps since she claims she is “not good at it anyway.” Honestly, though, she seems to be glad that she is not a big napper– since she just considers them a waste of time during the day.
Plus, that so-called waste of time is also time lost with her daughters or getting other things done– such as chores, exercising, and more.
Her husband, on the other hand, has a completely different perspective on the short slumbers. In fact, napping is a pretty integral part of his lifestyle.
Her husband reportedly loves taking naps practically every day– on top of sleeping in every morning on the weekends and when he has off from work.
“I don’t mind that much because I would also like to do it if only I could,” she admitted.
habrovich – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual kids
Still, though, she has asked her husband to change his routine numerous times– specifically to benefit their children.
She urges him to go to bed earlier and not to take as many naps when their daughters are around. But, according to her, her husband never fulfills her requests.
And this past weekend, on Christmas day, her husband’s nap habit was no different. This time, though, her husband’s sleeping seriously pissed her off.
It all really began on Christmas Eve when she and her family attended a holiday party. Then, after the celebration, she and her husband ended up going to bed super late. She even admitted to being exhausted.
However, the time they went to bed just so happened to be her husband’s typical bedtime, and she claims to have only felt so tired because she normally goes to bed two to three hours earlier than him.
Anyway, the couple still managed to wake up at about 9:00 a.m. on Christmas morning– which she thought was awesome.
Afterward, she and her husband got to watch their daughters rip open their Christmas presents before digging into a holiday breakfast.
Once those festivities were over, though, she still wanted the fun to continue on into the afternoon. So, she asked everyone if they would like to watch a Christmas movie, but her daughters ended up declining and opted to play with all of their new toys instead.
At that point, she also claims that her husband just immediately went back to bed– at 11:00 a.m. on Christmas day. And if you could not have guessed it, she was furious.
“I am beyond appalled. I can’t even believe this,” she said.
Apparently, she believes that they could have spent that time playing with their daughters. Or, they could have watched a different movie, cleaned up the Christmas mess, or done anything else that her husband would have enjoyed.
“Anything, anything at all. But no, he went back to bed,” she vented.
So, she ultimately got mad at him on Christmas and critiqued his sleeping habits. As proven by their track record, though, her husband did not make any changes to his napping.
This has left her feeling upset and totally confused about her husband’s parenting choices. And now, she is even questioning whether telling her husband that she didn’t want him to nap on Christmas day was justified in the first place or if it just made her a jerk.
Do you agree that napping is a waste of time? Should parents be held to a different nap expectation since they have children? Do you believe she had a right to be angry at her husband for choosing to sleep over having family time on Christmas day? If you were in her shoes, how would you have felt?
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