Can you Go to Sleep if You've Had a Disagreement ?

@catherIN (430)
United States
January 28, 2007 11:12pm CST
If you've had a disagreement with your spouse and it hasn't been worked out, can you go to sleep? I know some people that feel it's best to "rest on it and things might look different or better in the morning ". My mind just would not let me go to sleep if I had an unresolved problem with my spouse. It would just keep me awake.So how are you in this situation? What if your spouse were the opposite of you on this? How would you handle that?
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@minerc (1373)
• United States
4 Feb 07
I am one who cannot go to sleep, I cannot stand that myspouse is upset with me. I end up not getting any sleep at all. He is opposite he will go right to sleep and not think anything about it, the next morning he will discuss it with me. I have learned how to handle this by keeping a notebook at hand, if we have a disagreement I will right down the things I am feeling and why and what I think I or he could have done differently etc. It works for me.
@catherIN (430)
• United States
5 Feb 07
The notebook idea is good,if you have a spouse who can just go to sleep.I do like that idea. But,I don't think it would work for me. Thankfully my husband has learned that it's best,at least for me, to just discuss things.Also thankfully, we don't have to many disagreements.
@aretha (2538)
• United States
4 Feb 07
i do just go to bed and let it be i hate fighting about it so i go to sleep and try to get over it,my husband will stay awake half the night and think but never says anything.
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@catherIN (430)
• United States
5 Feb 07
How do you get your mind to just let go of a disagreement? I really am curious. You said you just try to get over it.Your husband stays awake, but doesn't say anything. Are you saying that you don't discuss things later? If so, doesn't that cause more of a problem from not settling things?
• United States
4 Feb 07
I can not even think about going to bed if my husband and I have had an argument and it has not been settled. We have a rule in my house and that is, we don't fight or argue in the bedroom which means for us to be able to go to sleep at night we must have everything discussed before hand. The bedroom is not the place for disagreements and if you are going to have a healthy relationship then you should have a room where this is not done. This is why we don't go to bed if we have unresolved issues.
@catherIN (430)
• United States
5 Feb 07
I think you have an awesome rule there. Maybe if more folks had a rule like that, there would be less argueing. What better choice in rooms than the bedroom.
@aroraasr (428)
• India
29 Jan 07
I cant sleep if i had any disagreement with my husband, and my head starts aching and mostly have a very bad night. But we normally sort out our disagreements within an hour or two and not later than that.
@catherIN (430)
• United States
4 Feb 07
I find it almost impossible to go to sleep with a disagreement left unsettled. My mind would just keep going over it all.I would just toss and turn all night.Thankfully, my husband understands that's how I am.
• United States
16 Feb 07
NO! i cannot go to sleep if my husband and i have argued and havent sorted it out. It drive me crazy! im up all night, constantly racking my brain for ways to make him wake up so we can talk and clear it up but at the same time trying not to make it look like i am ready to just give in. He usually walks off or takes long drivs comes home sleeps on and and then ready to discuss it in the morning. i cant do that i need to resolve before it is time for bed! i dont know how can do so..
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@grayangel (274)
• United States
29 Jan 07
For me, I find that if I just roll over, close my eyes and fall asleep I usually end up forgiving my spouse for whatever we were arguing about. It becomes another unimportant disagreemnet. Unless it's something life-altering, then I can't sleep to save my life until it's resolved. I cannot speak for my spouse, because she never says anything either way. We usually end up happy in the morning reguardless of how the night went.
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@catherIN (430)
• United States
29 Jan 07
Thank you for replying. Your spouse has really never voiced a feeling on the matter? Maybe you both have the same view on handling disagreements. If so, that's great.
@mansha (6298)
• India
29 Jan 07
I used to be the one to try and make my point before sleeping, I do so still but my hubby is opposite. He says he loves to decide in the morning and he sleeps over the issue and next day is always a new day for him and frankly sometimes I do ake him see my point in the morning when he is least interested in starting any argument. So his attitude ends up working in my favor most of the time so I have now started doing that, I start pointing out what I would like to do or what I think in the morning and he is quick to say yes or agrees with me readily. Hence now I Its something like erly bird catches the worm. he he he
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@cheenlly (3476)
• Philippines
4 Feb 07
im not yet married but still i can relate on that. whenever we have a disagreement with boyfriend or family or friends. i cant hardly sleep unless the problem, misunderstanding or disagreement is not solved on that day. its like a burden to me and it makes me feel heavy in heart and mind.
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@rsa101 (41086)
• Philippines
29 Jan 07
From my own experience i better resolved problems when I sleep over it and have a much fresher mind when I wake up. I noticed from my wife that she is so intense in making her point that you could not inject your own ideas to her. If I allow her to sleep over the problem and when things are much more calmer then that's the point I usually come in and most of the problems are resolved without any other complication. If I usually am reactive to many disagreement most probably the problems much more prolonged and sometimes pride kicks in ourselves therefore problems becomes more harder to resolve and more prolonged.
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@cabergren (1181)
• United States
4 Feb 07
My husband and I don't usually disagree about a lot of things. But when we do we usually straighten it out before we go to sleep. I am like you I can't sleep if there is something unresolved. I have to talk it out and get it resolved.
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