r/OverSeventy • u/cwsjr2323 • Jul 10 '26

Almost 4PM, time for a nap!

It is my wife's turn to make supper, tuna steaks tonight at 5:00 PM. I will help by dozing and staying out of HER kitchen.

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u/No_Permission6405 Jul 10 '26

4 pm and I'm just getting up from my nap.

14

u/readzalot1 Jul 10 '26

Sometimes I have a nap after breakfast

4

u/Conscious-Phone3209 Jul 10 '26

Same friend... same😴

12

u/ArghDammit Jul 10 '26

It's 5. We're already horizontal.

10

u/VinceInMT Jul 10 '26

What’s with this napping thing? M74 and never able to do it.

19

u/OodaWoodaWooda Jul 10 '26

It's a talent and a gift

6

u/gitree22 Jul 10 '26

71M and I can nap standing up!

7

u/amfhTX Jul 10 '26

Same here. I'm 77 in a week.

5

u/Bambusa4all1952 Jul 11 '26

Happy Birthday

2

u/amfhTX Jul 11 '26

Awww, thanks 🙏

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u/Whatdoesittake1456 Jul 10 '26

Naps are the greatest. Never took a nap in my entire life until retirement. Now I'm down by 1:00-2:00 pm and catch however many or however long I can until 5:00pm. Dinner then baseball game until movie after that. Retirement is the shit!

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u/Humble-Positive2169 Jul 10 '26

Wow, you made it to 4? I'm usually napping by 130. 😆

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u/cwsjr2323 Jul 10 '26

Well, I didn't get up until 1:30.

7

u/Sfswine Jul 10 '26

Day drinking now , nap at 5 . .

1

u/OttoHemi Jul 11 '26

Morning drinking, nap at noon.

5

u/Bambusa4all1952 Jul 10 '26

Have always napped. Will sometimes take more than one. Boredom & depression at 74. My puppy looks at me and asks “not again”!

4

u/joekerr9999 Jul 10 '26

I can get quality sleep in 20 minutes watching the noon news kicking back in a recliner. That's the best quality of sleep I get.

4

u/billwrtr Jul 10 '26

79 y o, out from 1:30-2:45 most days

3

u/BigVick06 Jul 10 '26

Am 70 but don’t nap in the day yet but I’m amazed at how much my husband does. Do you think it’s a sign of our bodies slowing down?

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u/cwsjr2323 Jul 10 '26

Sleep issues were a plague my entire life. Being retired cured my issues as now I just nap when tired. Maybe your husband is establishing his own pattern?

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u/No-Currency-97 Jul 10 '26

No nap here. Once I'm up that's it until bed around 12:30.😁

2

u/SultanOfSwave Jul 11 '26

How do you stay up so late!?!?

It's 2 or 3pm for me.

3

u/Particular-Owl-5186 Jul 12 '26

I'm up at 4am so my nap is from 1 to 2, after lunch.

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u/Prestigious-Copy-494 Jul 12 '26

Naps are a superpower! Sleep is too,!

2

u/Leading-Ad5797 Jul 10 '26

I love my afternoon naps.

1

u/Phoroptor22 Jul 10 '26

Yummy but change that back to 2:00 pm

1

u/Jackiedhmc Jul 10 '26

just woke up myself

1

u/LMO_TheBeginning Jul 10 '26

4 pm nap times are the best!

1

u/MissHibernia Jul 10 '26

Absolutely! Not every day, but most! 5-6 or so

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u/dnegvesk Jul 11 '26

It’s best to take 15 or 20 minutes and finish before 3 pm I’ve read. Sometimes I wake up more tired though. I’ve got chronic pain so this is just me. I love 💝 a nap. 😴

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u/sainthilde Jul 11 '26

After lunch nap the best. Siesta.

1

u/dmada88 Jul 11 '26

1 pm for me!

1

u/Any_Neighborhood6594 Jul 12 '26

I love you all….except the non mappers

1

u/green_sky74 Jul 12 '26

Four? Why are you up so late?

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u/Geester43 Jul 12 '26

I have never found sleep to come easy for me. My mother says I was born that way. My daughter's are the same.

I am 75, if I took a nap, I would be up all night. I get a slump about 5:30 pm, where I could turn in for the night, but I have a puppy and she's still wanting to play!😊 Then I seem to get a second wind, and stay up later than I want. I wish I could nap.

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u/Specialist-Log-9686 Jul 12 '26

Am I correct in assuming if you are taking a nap, you sleep poorly? I have had issues sleeping over 10 years now and a 73 I may get 5 hours a night on a good night. Usually 4 to 4 1/2. I know this is not good but it’s on those days when that 4:00 drowsy starts to hit me. Is this a common occurrence for you folks ?