Are We At That Age ?...

Posted by Eastern-Ad-5253@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 76 comments

Are We at that age where we enjoy Naps? I mean growing up naps during the day was considered weird and out of the Question!! . I mean we only laid down at night to go to sleep that's it. I mean even watching tv in the living room as a kid I wasn't allowed to lay on the sofa. 😂 I'm Not kidding ...I had to sit upright to watch TV or else go to my room. So now in my middle age I appreciate a nap in the middle of the day. Anyone else??!

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NoGood2154@reddit

naps= f*ck yeah

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Shen1076@reddit

It’s not in my control

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Eastern-Ad-5253@reddit (OP)

😂 I know what you mean

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Shen1076@reddit

It’s not in my control

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Fraudulent_Beefcake@reddit

I'm 49. I've always enjoyed naps.

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thatguygreg@reddit

46 here, and ever since my first kid was born, naps have moved WAY up the “any time, anywhere” charts.

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nygrl811@reddit

Same. Started in college.

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ivyjade42@reddit

Oh yeah. But now if I nap I can’t sleep at night. 😟

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Eastern-Ad-5253@reddit (OP)

No problem for me 😂

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bjb8@reddit

I do like to nap after meals, so after dinner, although after lunch I could too if I wasn't at work.

My wife picks on me if I do so though so I avoid it. And too much nap time can mean a bad nighttime sleep.

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Dark-Empath-@reddit

Never been able to nap, my body tells me sleep is for bed at night. No matter how much I actually need it.

I think it partly might go back to when I was younger. I had the flu and was in bed during the afternoon. I fell asleep for what felt like ages. Woke up and it was dark, I heard voices and went downstairs to check. Family were in chatting away. Turns out I had been sleeping for an hour or two only, but I thought it was the next night. Totally confused and bewildered. 😯 think my brain made a promise to itself right there and then that it wasn’t doing anymore of that Twilight Zone - sleeping during the day - shit again.

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Deamonchild666@reddit

I never took naps. The few times I did,I woke up with a splitting headache, and was a little confused. I'm 51 and never take naps to this day.

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Eastern-Ad-5253@reddit (OP)

Well least your Honest. I can't function without a nap .

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elijuicyjones@reddit

I’ve been napping for forty years no lie. I don’t know how anyone lasts a whole day without a nap.

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Judgy-Introvert@reddit

I’ve never been able to nap outside of being sick. I know several people who take a nap after work. It’s weird to me.

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PatchesCatMommy2004@reddit

Naps are awesome!

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Life-Unit-4118@reddit

I live for naps!

Hypothesis: Naps are better on the sofa than on your bed.

Discuss.

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violet715@reddit

Agree. I can’t nap in my bed, it just doesn’t feel right.

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Ihaveaboot@reddit

Lazy Boy recliner - best nap investment I ever made.

The more gaudy looking the better - the tasteless appearance means it's comfy.

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RunningPirate@reddit

I’ve been at that age for a good 20 years, at least. I can do a quick 20 (down to the minute, sans alarm, oddly) and be recharged.

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OccamsYoyo@reddit

You know what’s weird? I napped constantly when I was younger but now that I’m 51 I’m up at five am and in bed by nine with no sleep breaks in between. I just don’t feel the need anymore.

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MyriVerse2@reddit

Naps always make me feel hungover.

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OldSailor742@reddit

I nap 2-3 times a day

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No-Win-2741@reddit

I've been up for an hour and a half. I'm already ready for a nap. Nothing wrong with napping!

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North_Artichoke_6721@reddit

I sleep poorly, so I have napped from high school onwards, because by midafternoon, I am shattered.

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PotPumper43@reddit

Im ready to sleep through the end of the empire.

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Hartford0061@reddit

I've always enjoyed naps.

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West_Sample9762@reddit

I have enjoyed naps for years. I understand my grandmother so much better now. Lol

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pinballrocker@reddit

Nope! How are you people that are my same age such old Boomers?

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Eastern-Ad-5253@reddit (OP)

Idk 😂

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AwayOutsideAgain@reddit

I'm 50 years old and I started enjoying naps in my thirties

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Eastern-Ad-5253@reddit (OP)

I hear that!! 😂

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EnergyCreature@reddit

M46 here. Sleeping eludes me. Has since I was a teen. I still have to force myself to do it or pass out from exhaustion

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Eastern-Ad-5253@reddit (OP)

🤔 😂😆😂😂

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dustin91@reddit

Been napping since sophomore year of HS (c/o 87). Not religiously, but I will if I feel the need and can.

Also, I can’t sleep without meds and am in the worst shape I’ve ever been, which may be part of it.

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Eastern-Ad-5253@reddit (OP)

Awww 🥺 Get your nap in.

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ngraham888@reddit

I crave and need them and my wife and kids act like I am murdering someone when I take them so now I have Nap Shame and try to sneak away to cheat on them with my naps when they aren’t looking.

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Eastern-Ad-5253@reddit (OP)

Too Funny!! 😂😂😂😂

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Kissing13@reddit

If I lie down, I'm pretty much guaranteed to fall asleep. It doesn't matter if I'm not particularly tired, or what I'm doing. It's like some weird form of narcolepsy or something. I have to read sitting up. No matter how good the book is, I'll be totally into it one minute, and then the next thing I know I'm having a rude awakening as my kindle hits my face.

I even fall asleep at the dentist. Not just cleaning-- drilling, root canal; I even fell asleep once while having a tooth extracted (under local anesthesia). I dozed off and woke to the oral surgeon loudly asking me if I fell asleep. I thought he was angry at first, but in retrospect, I think he was just incredulous.

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Eastern-Ad-5253@reddit (OP)

Lol Wow Oh Wow. But You know what about two years ago I was in a phase where I did the same thing. I mean it would be times I would randomly be watching something on my tablet and next thing I know my daughter would be shaking me saying Ma your snoring. Turn off your tablet 😂😂😂

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countess-petofi@reddit

They're just plain happening, whether I enjoy them or not.

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dobeedeux@reddit

I call this "involuntary napping". I didn't mean to nap...it just happened.

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RVAblues@reddit

It just nappened.

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Eastern-Ad-5253@reddit (OP)

😂😂😂😂

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drifter3026@reddit

I've never been able to nap. On the occasion I do nod off during the day, I wake up even more tired and feel weird the rest of the day.

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OnionTruck@reddit

Dude I started loving naps in my 30s.

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AwayOutsideAgain@reddit

Same here, now I'm 50 and take way less naps. I miss them.

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portageParkPunk@reddit

Microdosing w/ healing frequencies right into a nap, hellyea!

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viewering@reddit

i need that

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Optimal-Ad-7074@reddit

i've lived for naps ever since i became a mother. that rare freedom to lie down and sleep is so delicious.

rheumatoid arthritis changed things again. that's a disorder where you can wake up feeling fine, but it's like your gas tank is only a tablespoon deep. and it refills on an extremely slow drip. i'd get dressed and brush my teeth and put my shoes on, and then i'd make it as far as the door and turn back. i'd sleep pretty much straight through flares on weekends, and then end up on the far end with my sleep all messed up just in time for work.

so now i do love napping but i'm always a little bit nervous in case it's a flare nap and not just a nap.

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Andovars_Ghost@reddit

While I appreciate a good nap, I wish they were more a choice than a need many days. I’d rather have the energy to do more stuff.

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nonojustme@reddit

I guess I'm a little different than most people, but to me what's fun (and what I intend to do once I retire) is just go to sleep whenever I feel sleepy and wake up whenever my body feels like waking up, no matter the time, no matter if it's day or night, no matter if it's considered sleep or a nap.

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ApatheistHeretic@reddit

Love 'em! One of the most compelling benefits of working from home is the ability to nap over lunch.

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stephenforbes@reddit

I am definitely starting to nap more. Usually a 30 to 45 min afternoon nap.

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Eastern-Ad-5253@reddit (OP)

Yes that will do just fine!! 🙂

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beermaker@reddit

Every day. I'm up before 5, so a nap between 1 & 2 in the afternoon hits the spot perfectly.

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natedogjulian@reddit

That’s a weird take. Who’s never enjoyed naps? And when was it ever weird?

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Brief_Ad7468@reddit

Hated naps as a child. Now? I LOVE THEM!

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Eastern-Ad-5253@reddit (OP)

Right. Enjoy 😂

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Eastern-Ad-5253@reddit (OP)

Some ppl Don't like to sleep during the day because it keeps them up all night!!

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Narrow_Relative_5021@reddit

Sometimes I nap so well I forget what day it is when I wake up 🤷‍♀️

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Remarkable-Type-6418@reddit

Sounds like you play couch roulette, I like your style!

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Remarkable-Type-6418@reddit

Sounds like you play couch roulette, I like your style!

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Remarkable-Type-6418@reddit

I've been a supporter of couch naps for years!

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stormer1_1@reddit

Man, I loved a good nap back when I was 16. Now at 44 I just feel lazy if I take one.

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quipsNshade@reddit

I want to be you guys so bad: I have the absolute guilts if I take a nap. It’s stupid - we’re empty nesters, I have the flexibility in my schedule! My brain is broken, obviously

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woodworkingguy1@reddit

I work from home and often nap on my lunch break. Not totally asleep but a deep rest. I have done many offshore sailing trips and we learn on a many day passage to enjoy the 20 or 30 minute naps since you are very lucky to get more than a couple hours straight of sleep in a 24 hour period.

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Eastern-Ad-5253@reddit (OP)

😂 Me Too ..

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Devilimportluvr@reddit

I love naps!