Can you sleep with out your partner

Contributor: Mlee Mlee
I could sleep without my boyfriend but it takes me alot longer to fall asleep rather than if i cuddled up with him and went to sleep. I hate it but my boyfriend used to work night shift and i slept alone every night.
04/22/2011
Contributor: Rossie Rossie
I can sleep quite well without him next to me, don't have to bother with his tossing/turning, pulling the comforter away, and his loud snoring. But of course I can't let him know that!
04/22/2011
Contributor: IrishLassie IrishLassie
I have gone to bed while he was out knowing that he will be coming home. But if he was gone traveling, I think I would have a very hard time going/staying asleep. I know it would be possible it would just really really suck!
04/24/2011
Contributor: slynch slynch
Yes, I can sleep, but I don't sleep as well without her.
04/25/2011
Contributor: ---- ----
It's a bit hard the first night or so... but afterwards I'm fine.
04/25/2011
Contributor: KennyMister KennyMister
I dont like too :'[
04/25/2011
Contributor: cujo467 cujo467
Yeah!
04/25/2011
Contributor: Redboxbaby Redboxbaby
Unfortunately, no. My husband was gone the entire month of Jan. and this month as well. I am exhausted. He says he can't sleep either. I am all over the bed when he's not here. The covers end up on the floor and I end up with my head down at the foot sometimes. It is insane. I cannot wait for him to come home, so we can both get some rest then have some fun!
04/25/2011
Contributor: Gunsmoke Gunsmoke
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Originally posted by Redboxbaby
Unfortunately, no. My husband was gone the entire month of Jan. and this month as well. I am exhausted. He says he can't sleep either. I am all over the bed when he's not here. The covers end up on the floor and I end up with my head down ... more
Ouch - I travel a lot but never more than a week at a time. A month would kill me! Hope he gets home soon.
04/26/2011
Contributor: ac0313 ac0313
I can sleep about the same with or without my SO. However, I do find myself falling asleep more quickly and easily with her cuddling with me...
04/26/2011
Contributor: Redboxbaby Redboxbaby
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Originally posted by Gunsmoke
Ouch - I travel a lot but never more than a week at a time. A month would kill me! Hope he gets home soon.
He does actually! This week! I am very excited to have him home. Skype is nice, but sleeping with the computer is not the same. Just kidding. It will be nice to have him home.
04/26/2011
Contributor: Redboxbaby Redboxbaby
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Originally posted by ac0313
I can sleep about the same with or without my SO. However, I do find myself falling asleep more quickly and easily with her cuddling with me...
"I do find myself falling asleep more quickly and easily with her cuddling with me... "

This exactly. I fall asleep fast and easy, staying asleep all night long and barely moving an inch! Man I look forward to that again.
04/26/2011
Contributor: mandiegk mandiegk
We are doing the long distance thing right now so I've had to adjust to sleeping by myself. I had a hard time adjusting to being alone in the bed at first. I am getting better sleep now, but it still isn't as refreshing as when we are together.
04/26/2011
Contributor: sheree1 sheree1
if i can't sleep with my husband i let my little ones sleep with me
05/02/2011
Contributor: amandaco2011 amandaco2011
I sleep most nights without my partner because we are in an LDR. After visits are the worst, but I get through.
05/02/2011
Contributor: ToyGurl ToyGurl
My fiance is in the air force. We have dated since we were both 17, and I always knew it was coming... so I was somewhat mentally prepared that he would be gone for a long time. Then he went off to summer camps our junior and senior year, and I started to miss him a lot. He was a part of the family, and was almost always at my home... or me at his home.

The worst was when he graduated and left to the air force academy... I literally saw him only on holidays. And not all holidays either. Christmas (for a week), Easter (for 5 days), Thanksgiving (4 or 5 days)... and occasionally after a year or two I was able to see him more often. They get somewhat of "vacation days" I guess you could say. I still don't know how it works, but he was able to come see me spontaneously at himes.

I was so happy to be sleeping next to him when he came home, but I swear, each time after he left it was an entire month of insomnia from hell. Just tossing and turning. After he graduated from the academy, and he moved back to the base closer to home things got a lot easer. We got engaged, and he was able to see me on the weekends and even during the week. He travels often, but not for long periods of time... usually 3-5 days. For instance right now he will be in New Mexico until Tuesday and he gets home Wednesday.

I guess it becomes a routine after a while. Just as some wives wait for their husbands to get home from work at 6:00 each night, I wait for my fiance to get home every few days. It is hard sometimes sleeping without him. There are times when we have argued, or had something unpleasant happen right before he travels. And we have to wait to discuss it until he lands or gets home. Those nights are the worse.

I just try to keep busy. Blog, pamper myself, study, and make art. It makes the time go by. As far as sleeping... pills haha.
05/02/2011
Contributor: SoBlue SoBlue
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Originally posted by mnc5051
If your partner has to travel for work, or any other reason do you or would you find it difficult to sleep without them?
no not really, he became very distant before our relationship failed, and i guess at the point i had to sleep alone i was already used to it
05/03/2011
Contributor: EJ EJ
It's sometimes difficult to fall asleep immediately when he's not there, but once I do fall asleep, I sleep fine.
08/06/2011