We love our kids, but sometimes moms just need some time alone -- and that time comes at night.
A little after 8 a.m. on a Saturday, my wife, Mel, told me she didn’t get enough sleep the night before, and I asked her what time she went to bed. We have three children. All of them slept through the night. Mel and I are good about splitting the night, so I would have known. In fact, our youngest, Aspen, got up after 7:30, which is a good hour and a half later than usual.
“Why did you stay up that late?” I asked. “I just don’t get it. Why didn’t you go to bed when I went?” We’ve been married for about 12 years, and for nine of those years, we have had children. Around the time our oldest son became a toddler, Mel started staying up late. In fact, over the years, we’d gotten to the point where we almost never went to bed at the same time. And while that bothered me because I missed falling asleep together, what bothered me the most was how she stayed up late doing heaven knows what, and then the next day complained about not getting enough sleep.
She sat down on the sofa, crossed her legs, and thought. I sat next to her. I was about to poke at it some more because I wanted her to commit to going to bed at a decent time, when she said, “I spend all day with the kids. All day. And when the kids aren’t around, I’m with you — which is great — but when I’m not with you, I’m with the kids or I’m doing school. I just…” She thought for a moment. “I just need someI leaned back into the sofa and thought about what she said.
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