What is your favorite part about Christmas? Everyone will very likely respond differently. Many individuals throughout the world like Christmas napping since, after all of the hectic pre-holiday weeks, there is finally an opportunity to rest, decompress, and simply enjoy the pleasure of doing nothing. Unless, of course, members of your own family do not give you this privilege. Read the story to know what argument took place between the couple during Christmas and share your view on this.
Source: Reddit
My husband (40M) and I (F39) have been married for more than 15 years. We’re independent people, but we enjoy spending time together too. He’s a night owl, and I’m a light sleeper. I can’t sleep in no matter what I do, and I never nap, I’m not good at it anyway, and I consider it a waste of time in a day, and time lost with our daughters (9 and 10) and time that could have been well spent doing chores, playing, exercising, etc.
My husband LOVES to nap. He’d do it almost everyday. Besides, he sleeps in every morning on weekends and days off. I don’t mind that much because I would also like to do it, if only I could. We used to take turns when I was still able to sleep in.
However, that is on top on the napping. Even if I tell him to please go to bed earlier, to please not nap, especially when the girls are around, he just doesn’t care. He’ll nap anyway. He never gives in to my requests.
Today’s Christmas day. We had a party yesterday and we went to bed very late. I was exhausted. However, that was about his usual bedtime (I go to bed 2-3 hours before he does). We managed to wake up at 9 a.m., which is awesome for me. We watched our daughters open up their presents and ate breakfast. I asked everyone if they’d like to watch a Christmas movie. The girls declined, preferring to play with their toys. Then my husband immediately went to bed. At like 11 a.m. on Christmas Day. I’m beyond appalled. I can’t even believe this. We could have played with the girls, watched a different movie or even anything he’d enjoy, clean up the Christmas mess, anything, anything at all, but no, he went back to bed.
Am I Jerk for critiquing him, being mad at him on Christmas day, and for trying to control when he sleeps?
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