# What time do you go to bed? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 4, 2018, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-do-you-go-to-bed/805846 "2018-01-04T13:21:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-do-you-go-to-bed/805846/21 "2018-01-05T00:32:40Z")
During the week, between 10 and 11, up at 5:40. The weekends vary, but usually up until midnight or later and I will sleep until sometime between 8 and 9. I have always been a night owl, but the older I get, I can’t hang like I used to. I think it’s because as I’m older I just can’t sleep in like I used to. Sometimes I really miss those days. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-do-you-go-to-bed/805846/22 "2018-01-05T00:43:57Z")
> [@Jennshark](#): > > The results are definitive: 3am to 10 am is my factory default setting. That’s pretty close to my factory default to go to bed. 2-3am my body starts pointing towards the bed. I really do need closer to 8 hours, though. That’s been for my whole life. Even as a baby my parents had a hard time getting me to sleep so they could go to bed. I don’t have major childhood memories of watching saturday morning cartoons. I was sleeping. Since the world acts like the quarter of the population disposed to be night people don’t exist, I cut and paste sleep around the bizarre sleeping only at night notion. Even when I expend a lot fo effort and get myself close to a “normal” and regular for a bit, any small nudge knocks me off that pattern. Naps are my lifelong friend. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-do-you-go-to-bed/805846/23 "2018-01-05T01:09:00Z")
I’m pretty much a night-owl. I go to bed around 2 am, and get up around 9. Fortunately, my work hours are mostly afternoon and evening, so weekends and weekdays can be pretty much the same schedule. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-do-you-go-to-bed/805846/24 "2018-01-05T01:24:56Z")
The show usually starts around 7; we go on stage around 9. Get on the bus about 11, sippin’ a drink and feeling fine. Ok. I don’t have a bedtime, though I should. I would say I probably average 10, almost never earlier than 9. 10:30 isn’t uncommon, 11 occasionally. Alarm on workdays is 6, out of bed 6:30 most days. I get 8 hours in bed, but sleep poorly so I’d guess I get 6 hours more often than not. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-do-you-go-to-bed/805846/25 "2018-01-05T01:52:23Z")
to bed around 9:30 PM, up by 5:30 AM. NOT my natural inclination. On vacation and long weekends I sleep late, stay up late. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-do-you-go-to-bed/805846/26 "2018-01-05T02:41:38Z")
Dang, you all are early risers! During our winter break, I was staying up till at least 11:00 PM, and without an alarm clock, I was waking up about 8:30 AM to 9:00 AM, so I guess that’d be my natural sleeping pattern. If I was working, I’d set an alarm for 7:00 AM to be at work by 8:30 AM. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-do-you-go-to-bed/805846/27 "2018-01-05T02:48:56Z")
Right now! ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-do-you-go-to-bed/805846/28 "2018-01-05T02:52:51Z")
I work 2nd shift AND I’m a night owl naturally. So I work 2-10pm. Which means I wake up at like 12:45pm. And go to bed at like 3-4am. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-do-you-go-to-bed/805846/29 "2018-01-05T02:52:57Z")
> [@jaycat](#): > > Right now! Right? If I don’t get in the shower purty quick, I won’t be done reading until after 10… ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-do-you-go-to-bed/805846/30 "2018-01-05T03:00:11Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I go to bed at midnight and wake up at 5:30 in the morning. Exactly my schedule. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-do-you-go-to-bed/805846/31 "2018-01-05T03:23:32Z")
generally around midnight to 7-8am. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-do-you-go-to-bed/805846/32 "2018-01-05T03:24:37Z")
Between 10 and 11. Most mornings up 6-7. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-do-you-go-to-bed/805846/33 "2018-01-05T19:30:01Z")
I go to bed between 11 and midnight, and get up between 7 and 7:30 (sometimes earlier if I can’t sleep). When I was a teenager I used to sleep in until 10:30 or 11 on weekends; I can’t even imagine doing that now. 8:30 is “sleeping in” for me. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-do-you-go-to-bed/805846/34 "2018-01-05T19:35:20Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I go to bed at midnight and wake up at 5:30 in the morning. OK, I posted my answer yesterday morning. Last night I expected someone would show up to tuck me in. Nobody showed. What’s up?😕 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-do-you-go-to-bed/805846/35 "2018-01-05T20:00:40Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > OK, I posted my answer yesterday morning. Last night I expected someone would show up to tuck me in. Nobody showed. What’s up?😕 Our cars wouldn’t start. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-do-you-go-to-bed/805846/36 "2018-01-05T20:13:18Z")
No set time/day. ---
**Author:** ![diggerwam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-do-you-go-to-bed/805846/37 "2018-01-05T21:46:59Z")
work days in bed 9:45, up by 5:30. weekends, in bed by 11, up at 5:30 ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-do-you-go-to-bed/805846/38 "2018-01-05T21:51:12Z")
In bed around 10:15-10:30, wake up 5:15 (work week) or 6 (weekends/holidays). ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-do-you-go-to-bed/805846/39 "2018-01-05T21:58:03Z")
I used to go to bed with the sun rise. I worked second shift, so I’d get up somewhere 3-4 in the afternoon. That is the sleep schedule that I always end up gravitating to, if I let myself, I will stay up later and later. The past 5 years, I’ve kept to a very strict schedule, waking up at 6:34am every morning (my alarm is set for 6:35, and I always wake up one minute before it goes off), with the exception being a few holidays here and there where I would sleep in till maybe as late as 7:30. I wrap up everything for the day by 11:30pm, and head towards bed, with my goal to be asleep by 12:15. If I don’t maintain a fairly strict sleep schedule, I find myself staying up till 4 or 5, or even later, and sleeping in past noon. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-do-you-go-to-bed/805846/40 "2018-01-05T23:19:52Z")
Depends a great deal. If I’m not working or on weekends, I’m generally up until 2-3am, then sleep until close to noon. I’ve worked all shifts of the clock and have no problems adjusting my hours. The worst I experienced was working midnight to 8am and then driving straight east into the sun to get home, which usually meant I couldn’t get to sleep until noon or 1pm. The only real problem with that was my elderly mother, who couldn’t get my hours into her head. She’d call me at like 1:30pm and ask if I was up yet. No mom, I just got to sleep. Stop calling me at this hour, because if I HAD gotten home and to sleep at, say 9am? I’d have been asleep for 4.5 hours when you called and wouldn’t appreciate that either. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-do-you-go-to-bed/805846.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-do-you-go-to-bed/805846.md?page=3)