How do you deal with a wife who doesn´t let you sleep?
I suffer from sleep disorders. My wife uses to go to bed late in the night. She has a t.v set in our room. She watches tv at 10 pm,at 11 pm.Sometimes she goes outdoors to visit her mother and I go with her,she comes back late and so do I. She is also busy during the evening and she goes to bed late. I have to do some chores late in the night,if I don´t do it she gets angry.My seven-year old daughter stay awake until we go to bed.That´s why it is difficult for me to have a healthy sleep. What do yo advise me?
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set boundaries and explain the health consequences of sleep deprivation. 7yo should be in bed at 8 pm.
Your problem is that you are letting everything revolve around your wife's activities. Set some times and schedules for the other members of the family, including you, to get ready for bed and to GO to bed. It's up to the other people in the family, no matter who the hell they are (wife), to respect the schedule and be considerate and quiet accordingly.
As for your sleep "disorder?", if your wife is going to be roaming around all night- -perhaps she should attend to these late night chores and you can get a sold 8 along with the kids?? Also, if you boot her out of bed before the kids get up and have her make their breakfast, perhaps she might get on a reasonable schedule too. Actions have consequences.
I advise you talk to her about it instead of telling the Internet about your marriage issues. Tell her that you are having a lot of trouble with work lately because you lack the amount of sleep you need. If she is a good wife, she will understand, and she will watch television in the other room. If that is not an option, then you could always buy earplugs. They work really well and block out a lot of sounds. If the light emitting from the screen makes you restless, you can always buy one of those sleep eye cover things. Those will block out the light.
It is not as hard as you are making it out to be! ;)
You need to talk to her and get it straight as to your needs for sleep and that she is interfering in it and it's bad for health to lose too much sleep. Take the TV out of the bedroom if you have to, and there's no sense keeping a 7 year old up late because they need sleep to function better at school.