I just stopped a movie because “it was getting too late”

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Forward_Progress_83@reddit

We pause them and hardly ever come back to them. No CPAP for me, but I definitely have the knee pillow.

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Legitimate-Special36@reddit

My wife makes fun of my knee pillow and refers to it as my “girlfriend.” She gets an extra kick out how grossed out I am at that phrase.

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ranaldo20@reddit

Get a squish mallow for a knee pillow. Trust me. It rules.

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Sharpshooter188@reddit

Oh, thank God. Its not just me. My furry little idiot always sleeps betwixt my legs and it kinda stretches out my left knee. So I had to put a pillow under it so it wasn't pulling so much.

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I bailed 8 minutes into the Stranger Things finale the other night because it was gonna end way later than I wanted to be up. Also flat-out refused to start One Battle After Another at, like, 8 pm last night cuz it’s almost 3 hours long. I just can’t stay engaged for anything that requires my attention for that long past 6 or 7 pm. I’m guaranteed to fall asleep on the couch.

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SprinklesWilling470@reddit

:: My house. My ADHD wife rewinding because she "zoned out", then me finally giving up and going to sleep because I have now watched the same scene 7 times. Then she grabs her CPAP.

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no_clever_name_yet@reddit

ALL THE TIME. Sometimes it takes us 3 nights to watch a 90 minute movie.

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emptybeetoo@reddit

I feel this. I recently streamed One Battle after Another. 2.5 hour movie. I watched it in 2 sittings, and I probably should’ve done at least 3. I miss the days I could binge the LOTR trilogy in a day

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Aronacus@reddit

This is our 40s, went from binge watching in our 20s Amy 30s to having kids and now in our 40s we fall asleep on our couches and crave quiet time

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username__0000@reddit

Same. But it’s also me having to pause and go on side quests. ADHD plus the “if it only takes a second just do it when you think of it” attitude. I enjoy the movie/show more after checking something off the list.

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Aware_Interest4461@reddit (OP)

We always start looking it up on IMBD 😂

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Terakahn@reddit

I hate that I relate to the second half of this. I try to do it as little as possible because it can take me out of the moment

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CoachOpen1977@reddit

Same!

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ihateyou__people@reddit

Man, where are you finding 90 minute moves anymore? They’re all like 3 hours long these days — no point in even starting them, they’ll take so many days to finish we’ll have forgotten the beginning.

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Sunchinethewerewolf@reddit

Suspiria (1977). Buffalo 66. Both under 2 hours and fly by.

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no_clever_name_yet@reddit

We have our own server of movies - about a thousand of them. Some ripped from laserdisc (glorious 480p!) and some ripped from 4K. Most just plain old DVD. Lots of movies that hit the 90 to 100 minute mark.

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horror-@reddit

I'm pretty sure the totally not pirated movie collection and selfhosted media server is just about peak Xennial. I recently had to buy a second NAS to stuff full of 14TB hard drives.

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no_clever_name_yet@reddit

We own on some form of physical media (100 or so laserdisc, a couple vhs, 600 hundred or more dvd, a couple hundred blu-rays, less than 20 4K) every single thing in our collection. Unless you have a PHYSICAL RELEASE you do not “own” a copy. Don’t get me started on the physical media we own of music.

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BrainFartTheFirst@reddit

I'm visiting my brother for New Year's and none of us made it to 12. And now I'm awake again at 3am because I can't use my CPAP because I forgot the strap for my mask.

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RushBubbly6955@reddit

Yep. Hubby has the cpap. And we both use mouth guards.

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Dixie1117@reddit

That is freaking us! hubby’s got the cpap and I have then mouth guard.

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Ex-PFC_WintergreenV4@reddit

I consistently fall asleep watching SNL. I live on the west coast and watch the early feed that starts at 8:30. In my defence, SNL sucks these days.

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Double-Ad1911@reddit

I did too! High five?

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Aware_Interest4461@reddit (OP)

🙌🏻

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2Hainez@reddit

Literally just had the same sequence of events in my house tonight. Movie stopped half-way through cause it’s “past my bedtime”🤣 Sub meds for mouth guard and we are twinsies.

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Aware_Interest4461@reddit (OP)

😂 (I also took my beta blocker. I had taken my magnesium and Tums 30 min prior 🤦‍♀️)

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Mom2miracles@reddit

All of the time here! Plus the husband taking care of his CPAP and mouth guard IDK how it has come to this

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Aware_Interest4461@reddit (OP)

✊🏻

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Vegaprime@reddit

My wife is 7 years junior to me, hopefully I get this right in about 7 years.

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Gab83IMO@reddit

Yeah, 9 pm rolls around and its "I'll just finish it tomorrow" (if its more than 20 minutes left).

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roseleyro@reddit

Story of my life. It's also NYE and I promised my kids I will be able to make it till 10.

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No_repeating_ever@reddit

We stopped Nurse Jackie with 3 eps to go to finish last night because "it's late" It was 7:30. To be fair though, husband gets up at 4 for work... so while it's not really late, it was.

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ChiefBroady@reddit

I usually look at the time before starting and then decide if we start the movie or just watch a show or some YouTube.

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GrandDaddyDerp@reddit

I paused in the middle of a show episode last night lol

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TheDavidCall@reddit

We’re so old we know before the movie would begin that it’ll run too late, and we don’t even start it. Old person wisdom.

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CokBlockinWinger@reddit

My wife is the Queen of “we’ll finish the other half tomorrow,” and then never watches it.

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Exciting-Argument-67@reddit

Really? Usually one of us will say, "Are we halfway through anything or are we free to pick something new?" We never not finish something unless it's really terrible.

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CokBlockinWinger@reddit

Really. Even if it’s the most amazing thing she has ever seen. The only time we get to finish a film together is if we go out to a movie.

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Vivid-Individual5968@reddit

Took is 3 days to watch the latest hour long episode of our favorite show. He fell asleep the first time, I did the next night. 🤣

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bh0@reddit

No, but I noticed yesterday our "classic rock" radio station has started playing Pearl Jam...

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Exciting-Argument-67@reddit

We regularly watch half a movie and save the rest for the next night. If it's a special movie, though, one we've been waiting to watch, we'll watch it on the projector and save it for a night when we have time to see the whole thing.

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Business_Quail_8236@reddit

Haha! Yes. AND I also do the CPAP and moth guard (sort of: They are Invisalign retainers).

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Slim_Margins1999@reddit

![gif](giphy|hMqZucA0fD692)

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impliedapathy@reddit

43 here and reading through these comments makes me realize maybe I don’t feel as old as I thought I did/am. 😂

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Slim_Margins1999@reddit

I’m 42. I don’t have any of those routines. I do fall asleep at 8 PM most nights watching stuff. Then I usually get up around 11, brush my teeth n turn on something to fall asleep to in bed. Haha. I’m up at 5:45 every week day and 5 most weekends to go skiing. I’m not a night person anymore, like at all.

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AlissonHarlan@reddit

Girl movies in the tv start at 9h10 there... Who can watch it until past 11???

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RevolutionaryBake362@reddit

Fourth night of stepbrothers last night.

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VisibleSea4533@reddit

All the time. If it’s just me watching I generally won’t even start one if it’s after seven.

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poodog13@reddit

I don't think my wife has seen the end of a movie in 10 years. Which can be frustrating when we pick a “her” movie that I'm really not interested in while also knowing I'll be watching the last hour entirely by myself.

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Soggy_Porpoise@reddit

If the movie is good enough I'll watch the whole thing. If not I'll go to bed . Bern like that since I was a kid.

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GaryCheesemanscheese@reddit

I won't even start them sometimes. i miss 90 minute movies

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Late-External3249@reddit

I paused an episode of the Ken Burns documentary on the American revolution because it was getting too late. I love me a good Ken Burns documentary but they do make me feel old

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Dickrubin14094@reddit

Same. Also I won’t start a movie if it’s late, at least one I want to watch and haven’t seen before.

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JuneRhythm1985@reddit

We introduced our 12-year-old to Stranger Things at the start of Winter Break and we’re starting Season 3 tonight. I told her that if she wants to get at least 2 episodes in we had to start by 7 so we (as in her dad and I) can be in bed before 9:30, lol.

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DrenAss@reddit

When my husband is like "Want to watch a movie?" and it's after 8 pm. 🤣 I say "We can start it but I won't see the end" lol

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OrganicIntelligence2@reddit

I just pass out on the couch about 20 min into any movie or show.

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tkecanuck341@reddit

I've always been a night person, so no not really. I can stay awake until 3 or 4am no problem. Bedtime for me on work nights is 1:30am (I start at 10am). I do find it increasingly difficult to wake up in the morning though.

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dreamsonashelf@reddit

I used to be a night person, now I'm neither night nor morning.

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CoachOpen1977@reddit

Me too. Even when I need to sleep. So I’m laying here in bed wide ass awake and uncomfortable wishing I could go to sleep.

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Weird_Squirrel_8382@reddit

Is there somewhere quiet you can sit up for a while? Laying in bed trying too hard can reinforce insomnia

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WalmartGreder@reddit

Also a night owl. I go to bed at 2am to get up at 8:30. Although I have been playing Hogwarts Legacy lately, and going to bed at 3-3:30. But it's vacation so I'm getting up at 9.

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tkecanuck341@reddit

That's pretty much my exact schedule. Asleep by 2, alarm at 8:30. I have to snooze multiple times.

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po_ta_toes_80@reddit

Of course. Normal movies are two-night events. If it's a Christopher Nolan or Scorsese movie, you can bet that will take a few nights 🤣.

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CuriousLands@reddit

If it makes you feel any better, I started looking to see if it was too late to start a movie when I was like 19. I'm not a night owl lol.

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RoyalPuzzleheaded259@reddit

I lost all desire to watch TV about 5 years ago. I wouldn’t down spend 20 minutes looking through all the streaming lists, find absolutely nothing that looks appealing. I don’t even bother looking anymore. I just go find something else to do.

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Cincymailman@reddit

I can barely get through an episode of Landman in one sitting when I start watching the episode at 8 pm.

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OldPresence5323@reddit

My husband needs a cpap soo bad but he wont do it. He chokes, chortles, smacks, hums, sings, coughs and stops breathing during the night. For all of our sakes I wish he'd get one bc it is destroying everyone's sleep. Im afraid im gonna get up one of my 99th times going to the bathroom and his cacophony of sound will be over... why is it so satisfying for him to ruin all of our sleep? Ive nagged fo 20 years. I stopped nagging and sleep in a different room.

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Myst21256@reddit

I feel asleep the last four movies, about half way. It happens, we're all old now

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Sharpshooter188@reddit

Ugh. Im pretty sure I need a CPAP. But I refuse, but I refuse to cement the idea that I need a machine just to sleep. Ill power through. Then...probably die sooner. lol

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Weird_Squirrel_8382@reddit

It's so worth it.

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BlackieDad@reddit

Every time I try to watch a movie now I’m woken up by my kids telling me to go to bed

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Weird_Squirrel_8382@reddit

The students have become the teachers

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Weird_Squirrel_8382@reddit

I just said "let me get to a stopping point" in a book about feng shui. It's late for me, but yeah I'm about to fire up the CPAP, wrap my hair, and change from my lounge pajamas to my sleeping pajamas.

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Mememememememememine@reddit

I didn’t even start the movie bc it was “already 8pm”

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1963covina@reddit

All the time. We simply DVR the rest and come back to it the next day. TCM is our favorite.

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Konnorwolf@reddit

Sometimes I think I should not start something because it is already 2AM and maybe a bit late to start a movie. Maybe an hour long show.

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openair1089@reddit

Not only do I turn it off if it’s too late, I don’t even bother starting them after a certain hour 😂

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lunicorn@reddit

I’m mad that my Samsung TV has the sleep option hidden several layers deep in the menu and I forget how to use it. Sometimes I just want to watch tv in bed so it’ll put me to sleep.

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DasKittySmoosh@reddit

We usually have the tv off by 9pm, LATEST, so we can prep and be in bed by 9:30pm. Millennial friends in town asked what we are doing for NYE… we told them; sleeping.

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theo_sontag@reddit

I’m about to put on my night splints for my plantar fasciitis, get a good nights sleep, and go pick up my new prescription bifocals tomorrow.

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13shada79@reddit

Dude did my wife write this? You just summed my life up in one post

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Waddaya-want@reddit

Funnily enough, I'm about to do that now, lol! It's very rare that I do it though. I'm just really tired tonight. Doing so shouldn't make you feel old. It should make you feel sensible 😉

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maggie320@reddit

I’m sitting here watching Go-Go’s videos on YouTube with my cat. Vacation just finished and Yes or No is on now.

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CoachOpen1977@reddit

I love the Go-Go’s!

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ohio2az@reddit

Up next. Head Over Heals

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maggie320@reddit

Actually a live performance of Walk Like an Egyptian came after. Now there’s a live performance of How Much More and let me tell ya, Belinda is feeling no pain.

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Moxie_Stardust@reddit

How Much More is one of my favorites of theirs.

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jaqattack02@reddit

Nope, once I start a movie I'm going to finish it, unless I don't like it or something. But I also have always been a night owl, so staying up till 12-1am to play games, or watch movies or shows isn't uncommon.

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Large-Inspection-487@reddit

Yes and also rocking the CPAP and mouthguard over here. 😂

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Constant_Concert_936@reddit

Lesbihonest, we scroll until we pass out.

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Sausage_Queen_of_Chi@reddit

No, but I’ve had plenty of nights where I won’t start a movie because it’s after 8pm or start an episode of a show because it’s after 9pm.

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BalrogRuthenburg11@reddit

With two kids under 4 we basically don’t watch movies anymore unless they are both asleep.

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FantasticBoar@reddit

I do this all the time. It’s fine! Sometimes you’re like, I’m gonna watch this movie but in 2-3 sessions.

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LMurch13@reddit

I really only do TV series these days. A 50 minute show after the kids go to bed is doable. A 2 1/2 hour movie gets over too late. Lol

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Ok_Wasabi_9989@reddit

Also me. And I constantly pause the movie every half hour just because I remembered I had something to do. Most often, I just drift off the first 15 minutes!

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sleepy_unicorn40@reddit

Yes!! This is how we watch movies too. And then there is the mouth guard for me and CPAP for my husband too. 😂 Actually, it's about that time. Let me go brush my teeth before it gets too late. It's not even 8:30 here. Goodnight!

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KittenaSmittena@reddit

No partner on my end but I used to laugh at my now ex and all my friends who fell asleep during movies. Now I do t even pretend. My family says they want to watch a movie and I go use my water flosser, manually floss with my coco floss in the c-method, use my electric toothbrush, put my aligner back in, change into PJs, and only pretend to watch for the first 20 minutes. I exclaim “oh wow!” Or “oh really?” Or “no way!” when asked if I am awake during the movie and I’m 99% asleep.

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VisiblePlatform6704@reddit

Even since I was in my 20s a dentist told me I clenched my jaw/teeth very very tight. My molars have always been full of cavities and I've suffered of sensitive teeth for ages. So in my 30s when I FINALLY got a mouth guard, it was a godsend. Why didn't I do it before!!!??? It has saved me so much in dentist work !! Other than that I usually go to bed at 10pm sharp. So normally, wife and I watch 1 or two X-files episode before. Long films are for Fridays and weekends.

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ItsSUCHaLongStory@reddit

Yes, also with the CPAP and mouthguard respectively.

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mrnoonan81@reddit

Sure, but then I spend the next 2 hours playing video games.

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ValonMuadib@reddit

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spderweb@reddit

Nope. Wife and I still head to bed between 1230 and 1. Wake up at 7 to feed our kid. I do take a nap now around dinner time though.

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PlaneAd8667@reddit

Watching The Wire with my wife. She fell asleep after 15 minutes so I switched to YouTube to watch old clips of 1990s NBA Basketball. It takes us 3 sittings to watch 1 episode of any show. We'll try again another night. We both had sleep studies in last 2 months and we're both getting cpap. I'm with you. ![gif](giphy|l0IyajjbNiRvCr7RC)

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Tricky_Knowledge2983@reddit

My husband and I went with his cousins (early 20s) that were in town to see avatar 2. We arent huge fans, just wanted to hang out and did not knowing how long it was. Big mistake lol we didn't get out until 11:30. They asked us if we wanted to see avatar 3 with them a few weeks ago and we were like only if they have intermission lol. We def can't hang like that anymore

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piscian19@reddit

If its compelling or exciting I will hang in there. I stayed late watching both SISU and SISU Road to Revenge. Those are both bangers. Other than that I will typically just not put on a movie after 9pm.

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zetiacg_1983@reddit

This could have been written for me and my husbands nightly routine 😂😳 I usually say it’s too late to even start the movie 🤣

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Trbochckn@reddit

Congrats for being responsible. Wish I had done it in my 20 and 30's. I would have been so much more productive.

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LineImpossible3958@reddit

You’re not alone. If we start a movie early enough we can finish, but with kids that’s tough. Sometimes my wife will want to start a new Law and Order after 10pm, I usually fall asleep at some point

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RedditsCoxswain@reddit

I do the same and for me it’s as much knowing myself and wanting to be the best I can be the next day. Younger me would stay up until 4am watching movies and slog through the next day. Older me stops the movie around midnight and rests to be able to run in the morning. Reminds me I need to do a sleep study because I think I’ve had untreated apnea for the past couple decades.

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FidgitForgotHisL-P@reddit

Ha! That’s where my adhd comes through, because by 11pm (I’m guessing??) my meds have thoroughly worn off and any excite disfunction is free to do what it wants, so I just tell myself it’s a-ok to watch the rest of this movie. And maybe another one. 3am is a perfectly reasonable bed time.

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GeetarEnthusiast85@reddit

If it's a 90-minute film, no. But if it's 2+ hours then I'm finding I need to pause it for intervals.

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jp7755qod@reddit

Worst part for me is that I can’t even get high and enjoy movies/tv anymore, because I start thinking about how good my sleep will be if I smoke another bowl and go right to bed. On the plus side, 8 hours of solid weed and melatonin induced sleep is fantastic!

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MsBlondeViking@reddit

Nothing better than a good Indica for some great sleep. I have sleep issues thanks to PTSD, most sleep aids leave me feeling groggy the next day.

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GeetarEnthusiast85@reddit

Ditto. I take a THC gummy before bed and it's done wonders.

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FeelTheFeelngIForgot@reddit

Im in bed now with my mouth guard, waiting for my husband to come back from walking the dog so he can crank up his CPAP machine. Sexy AF!

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dinosandbees@reddit

"Wait. Are my eyes closed? How much of the movie did I just miss? Welp, better go to bed and finish this tomorrow." Also sometimes, "It's 10:30. I can't possibly start a movie \*now\*..."

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quickblur@reddit

I just got a new game and was looking forward to playing it all day. I finally got the kids to bed, laundry in, dishes put away...I look at the clock and it's after 10:00pm. So it looks like I'll be waiting another day...

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Glittering-Station78@reddit

No, but my husband won’t even start a movie if it’s within 2 hours of bedtime. Which is fine with me, they just put me to sleep. Instead, I run off to my office to quilt.

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AshDogBucket@reddit

My spouse and I watched the first Star Wars in just decided to not get started on the second one because it's 8:00 and we probably won't make it through the whole thing. Lol.

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jjmawaken@reddit

We stopped watching Elf on Christmas to finish later. Still haven't gotten to do the second half. Maybe on New Year's Day :)

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wookiesack22@reddit

My wife refuses to watch TV with me most nights of the week because she doesn't want to lose out on sleep. She needs 9 hours at least

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RainyDaySeamstress@reddit

I joked once at work that I need to do a morning shed video complete with cpap. I work in sleep medicine and I do have a cpap. At that time I had ear plugs and an eye mask due to ongoing overnight road construction in front of my house.

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Bors713@reddit

Uh, no? I either plan ahead and don’t start a movie too late, or on the rare occasion watch late and make do with a bit less sleep. But I also don’t have a CPAP or a mouth guard so that probably helps.

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Indubitalist@reddit

I have three kids. Every movie is watched in installments. Sometimes it takes a month to watch an entire film. All of this viewing takes place in whatever narrow window of time we have between when the last kid goes to bed and when I and my wife are too tired to keep watching.

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kimness1982@reddit

We finished a whole movie tonight (started at 7 pm) but only after I tried to make us watch another movie that we had actually already seen. I forgot we had already watched it because weed.

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PuzzleheadedAbies678@reddit

Movies no longer take 2 hours to watch in my house it now takes 3-4 days because "its getting too late" . My wife and I do it so often that we just say "pause it" which means turn off the tv and go to bed.

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jaywinner@reddit

It happens. Also, I don't like the water feature for the CPAP.

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theaveragenerd@reddit

I need the humidifier on my CPap. Otherwise, my throat dries up.

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hurtinforasquirtin77@reddit

🤣🤣🤣 my wife will agree - got my CPAP & we’ll regularly pause whatever we’re watching & go to bed….usually I’m by the window vaping & I’ll glance over & wifey has fallen asleep on the couch…bless she’s only 38

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