# Significant Others; Health hazards **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 5, 2000, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significant-others-health-hazards/14484 "2000-03-05T17:06:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BrainWeasel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@BrainWeasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainWeasel)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2000, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significant-others-health-hazards/14484/1 "2000-03-05T17:06:00Z")
## I’ve been thinking about (and experiencing) the old phrase of “losing sleep over” someone. How many people actually lost sleep because they were thinking of or doing something for your current or last SO? -BrainWeasel Squeaks from BrainWeasel’s Cage [http://brainweasel.home.att.net](http://brainweasel.home.att.net) ---
**Author:** ![curious\_george](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b487fb/32.png) [@curious\_george](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curious_george)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2000, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significant-others-health-hazards/14484/2 "2000-03-08T15:26:00Z")
I have. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2000, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significant-others-health-hazards/14484/3 "2000-03-08T15:28:00Z")
Yep. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2000, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significant-others-health-hazards/14484/4 "2000-03-08T15:33:00Z")
If driving her to and from various trainstations, airports and other places at the most ungodly times imaginable counts, hell yeah. * * * **Coldfire** _Voted **Poster Most Likely To Post Drunk** _ * * * _ **"You know how complex women are"** _ - Neil Peart, **Rush** (1993) ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2000, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significant-others-health-hazards/14484/5 "2000-03-08T15:55:00Z")
Often. I can always catch up on sleep. I can’t get back lost time. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2000, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significant-others-health-hazards/14484/6 "2000-03-08T16:16:00Z")
Drain - beautifully said. ---
**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2000, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significant-others-health-hazards/14484/7 "2000-03-08T16:59:00Z")
many times * * * We are, each of us angels with only one wing,and we can only fly by embracing one another ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2000, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significant-others-health-hazards/14484/8 "2000-03-08T17:01:00Z")
Yep, and I’ve caused a few gentlemen to lose a few winks I’m sure. * * * _I’ve learned that if someone says something unkind about me, I must live so that no one will believe it._ ---
**Author:** ![Fillet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/2acd7d/32.png) [@Fillet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fillet)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2000, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significant-others-health-hazards/14484/9 "2000-03-08T17:20:00Z")
Absolutely. ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2000, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significant-others-health-hazards/14484/10 "2000-03-08T19:14:00Z")
I have. * * * You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2000, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significant-others-health-hazards/14484/11 "2000-03-08T19:43:00Z")
::Yawn:: Me, too. * * * Sig! Sig a Sog! Sig it loud! Sig it Strog! – Karen Carpenter with a head cold ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2000, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significant-others-health-hazards/14484/12 "2000-03-08T20:37:00Z")
Never felt like I was “losing sleep”. I agree with Drain, the precious moments are worth much more than the lost sleep. Then again, I’m on the “good end” of the three hour time difference between us… 😉 * * * “So, for once in my life, let me get what I want. Lord knows, it would be the first time.” ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2000, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significant-others-health-hazards/14484/13 "2000-03-08T22:08:00Z")
Even now… ---
**Author:** ![Prairie\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Prairie\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prairie_Rose)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2000, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significant-others-health-hazards/14484/14 "2000-03-08T22:23:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by BrainWeasel: > \*\*I’ve been thinking about (and experiencing) the old phrase of “losing sleep over” someone. How many people actually lost sleep because they were thinking of or doing something for your current or last SO? > > \*\* Currently am. My husband’s got a terrible cold and is snoring really badly, so I’m _literally_ losing sleep. Add to the mix a baby with tonsillitis and you’ve got a (wilted) Prairie Rose. The doctor said they’ll both be better by next week. Till then, chicken soup for Bons, breastmilk for Chris, and some lost sleep. ## Prairie (zzzz) Rose If you’re not part of the solution you’re just scumming up the bottom of the beaker. ---
**Author:** ![Kiki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kiki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiki)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2000, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significant-others-health-hazards/14484/15 "2000-03-09T00:53:00Z")
I don’t mind losing sleep when we’re together… that’s what coffee if for in the mornings! We have our best conversations at 1:00 in the morning… even though I have to be up at 5:30. I just wish we had more time together… between work and kids, it’s hard. I miss him right now! * * * That John Denver’s full of shit man!