How can men fall asleep so easily?

HasteTheDay

I think this is a pretty common thing for men- the ability to fall asleep really quickly. My husband just crashed on the floor and was asleep in about 2 seconds. And he does it all the time! I seriously have to do mental exercises to get to sleep. It takes me so long to just turn my brain off and let sleep take over.?

eclaires

I have to take sleeping aids almost every night to go to sleep.  MH is snoring already, 3 minutes after laying down.

I hate him.

firefightersgal

I know exactly what you mean.  I wish I could clock out like that!  Most of the time while I'm trying to relax enough to fall asleep, my DH starts snoring.  That makes it even harder for me to drift off.  (I elbow him so that he stops and knows that he's keeping me up...lol).

mrsterry

I can do it too.  I have always LOVED my sleep.  When I decide to go to sleep I do so without problem.

MrsCorbin

So not fair.  DH can also sleep through the kids crying. 

mommynow

I hate it that DH can fall asleep so easily.  I used to make him get up at night with the kids just because he could fall back asleep in 2 minutes and it would take me 30. 

Ciarrai

I'm right there with you.  When I'm really exhausted, I might be able to fall asleep in like 20-30 minutes.  It just takes me a while to wind down and slow down my racing head enough to get there.  Maybe men just have less on their minds to begin with.  At least, with DH, life seems to be so much simpler - very black and white and less shades of grey...

#6

For us its the other way around.  I can fall asleep sitting here on the computer, on the floor, in a toddler bed, half in the floor half on the toddler bed, in a car, in a chair I can sleep anywhere anytime in no time at all. 

Dh and I can go to bed at the same time and Im asleep before he even gets comfortable.  Dh has a hard time getting to sleep and will just lie in bed awake for hours.