The sleepless nights, groggy mornings and late night texting may seem all-so romantic at first, but after the initial honeymoon phase you will know that dating an insomniac is not all magical nights. Here are 14 things you will relate to if you are dating an insomniac –
1. Coffee dates after 12 PM are a big NO! Your partner is likely off caffeine to help fall asleep later at night and just cannot do coffee. Although you will find them drinking gallons of coffee just to get over their grogginess, it’s an endless cycle!
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2. You have heard of couples falling asleep in each other’s arms or cuddling after sex, that’s not for you when you date an insomniac. Your partner will probably cuddle you for a while before getting antsy and squirming in your arms, until he needs to go grab a book or worse, his laptop!
3. Phew, you finally find your partner sleeping and you have dreams of a peaceful night. Before you switch off the lights and snuggle in your warm blanket, they are up like the night owl! Why you ask? All that tidying up you did woke your partner!
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4. You figured a girl PMSing is the crankiest kind of person, WRONG! It’s the insomniac. The frustration level is so damn high after another sleepless night that it just boils down to dropping in uninvited for your beautiful morning and dashing all your hopes of waking up to a great day.
5. You made your peace with that and called it a truce but now your partner is up in bed with their phone brightening up your life AF! ARGH! That light and those pings will irritate you till they have to get away from bed and head to the sofa for some good night’s sleep.
6. Even if you don’t stay together, their insomnia just won’t leave you alone. They will be cranky and want your company and keep you awake through the night. If you refuse to speak, they will text you, send your forwards and basically keep spamming till you pay attention.
7. Those lovely weekend afternoon naps that you love so much? Your partner doesn’t know what they are! While you are trying to sleep through your weekday blues, they are watching TV or creating a ruckus in the kitchen, making sure you don’t get your forty winks!
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8. Talking about the world being an unfair place? Oh well, that’s when your partner decides to sleep and wants a pitch dark, noise proof bedroom. So you and your kindle are out, making you wonder why you signed up for this at all!9.
9. Midnight snacks are a whole lot of fun; you go crazy over the desserts and leftovers. But your partner craves for midnight snacks literally everyday because hey, staying up can be draining. Since the pizza place doesn’t stay open all night, the pots and pans are clanging just when you want to sleep. Goodbye, lovely sleep.
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10. The worst part is syncing your schedules. You are free from work early and want to head out for a nice dinner date, but your partner decides to sleep right then and you just don’t have the heart to wake them up. You know how hard it is for them to sleep, and you bow down to the sleep monster! ☹
11. Sweet romantic morning walks, pumping it up at the gym or waking up to a nice breakfast are myths to you because your partner just cannot deal with making early morning plans. Your partner would just about be drifting to sleep and won’t have the energy to deal with this.
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12. Your partner is always Netflix and chilling without you! All those series and movies you wanted to watch together, there are none left. After all, your partner needs something to do on those sleepless nights.
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13. By now, you are wondering if it can get worse, and it can, if you are a light sleeper yourself. Fair enough you can clock a good seven hour sleep but what if even the continuous shuffling of your partner can wake you up! You will soon turn into an insomniac yourself. Oh no!
14. You would imagine insomnia would mean fun party animals living up the night, err no! It just means a dead tired partner who just can’t nap away the tiredness. And you are left high and dry, itching to go paint the town red! Uff, another day or night?! Who knows!
But then, you think nights when you want to do it, and you are okay! 😉
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