If I find my spouse in bed - naked - it is safe to assume that he wants something.
If I say I am tired; then, I am REALLY tired and want to be left alone. In return, if hubby says that he is tired, I will honor the rules and leave him alone.
Last night, hubby declared that he was "wore out" and went to bed while I finished folding laundry. (Other favorites of his, besides TIRED, are: exhausted, drained and depleted.) I have a hard time reading these... to me, they all mean TIRED and beg to be left alone. (I later found him in bed - still awake - yet I assumed that TIRED MEANS TIRED. He was NOT naked when I got to bed; not sure if he had been earlier or not.) I said "good-night" and went to sleep, wondering if he remembers "the TIRED RULES" and wishing he wouldn't complain of being "tired" so often.
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On a similar note, our baby did NOT eat in the night last night! He did wake - and I snuggled him for a few minutes in the recliner, but I did NOT feed him. I've been making small steps towards getting him to sleep through the night. (Sadly, the toddler woke and invited himself into our bed last night for a while. I tell you... one of these days, it will be LOVELY to sleep through the night again! After not having slept through the night for the better part of 3 years now, I do NOT tend to complain about being "tired".)
And with that... good night! (I hope.)
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