[Closed] Pros and cons of partner being on night shift

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Mine turns super cranky when she's on nights, I leave her to it!

PMT has nothing on a sleep deprived nurse.

I work a lot of nights; please don't underestimate the way it makes someone feel. You might think it's just about being a bit tired, but it really, really, really ****s you up, especially at this time of year, especially when you meet people who don't understand how grim it can be.

You feel like a human being for about 6 hours, from 9ish to about 2 or 3ish, then feel like death for the rest.
You can't sleep well, mainly because other people think it's 'OK' to disturb you.
You can't eat well.
You can't even poo with any conviction.

Don't make light of it unless you've done it.

Diabetes

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I prefer nights I get headaches though due to lack of sleep and poor eating but that's more or less except for feeling tired but what do you expect from getting a few hours here and there.

22 years of working them now. I'm in tomorrow night for 6 shifts of at least 12 hours each I'll feel like utter crap come Wednesday morning but I'll chill all day Wednesday and be ready for days on Friday.

What crikey said

It's crap

don't underestimate the way it makes someone feel

I know full well how hard it is. I wouldn't/couldn't do it again!
Much prefer sleeping at night!

Crikey - so true.

Not so long ago, a neighbour chaps my door, I answer (about 3 hours into a sleep off of nightshift) and she clocks I've just woke up 'oh sorry if I woke you, but can you give me a jump start, my cars not starting' !! Me being the soft **** that I am went and helped her get it going. By which point I've woke up, and can't get back to sleep.

I think everyone in the country should be forced to work a weeks nightshift! See how the other half live!

Its great. My Mrs does permanent nights as a nurse. I get to watch whatever, eat whatever, drink whatever, do whatever whenever, don't argue, bed to myself. Peace & ****ing tranquility. We get on like a house on fire when we actually are together mind.
It's absolute bliss.

Edit after reading Crikeys post. My mrs has always done nights & hates doing dayshift with a passion. Whereas I've just finished a 7 night stretch & hate it. (but now I get 7 days off, it's a means to an end for me)

I loved nights! I was on a weekly 3 shift system, the transition from nights to earlies was a nightmare though...

I don't find nights too bad. It's the earlies after nights that really hurt.

Me neither timidwheeler, I did 4 months of 8am - 4pm whilst training in the summer, and I was choking to get back to my shift pattern by the end of it!. All shifts have their good and bad points, I think it's probably variety that's the key.

Mrs Danny does nights so I sometimes to deal with a sleep deprived nurse with PMT!

As for the pro's and cons - as per highclimber I can do what I want; kill zombies, play with my radios, watch what I want on TV etc. Its nice to get a little bit of me time sometimes.

Downsides - I am housebound when she is on nights because of babybgoode, I too struggle to sleep sometimes and mornings when she's been up all night and I've had a rubbish night's sleep and babybgoode has been up since the crack of dawn can sometimes be a little tense!

She generally prefers nights though and she gets paid more so we deal with it best we can

My grandad worked nights his whole life because, well, he couldn't stand my grandma.

I'm just not a morning person. That said, I felt considerably healthier on when I did 6 months 9-5. I didn't get ill once, and I had a lot more energy at the weekends. It was also nice not to waste big parts of my rest days catching up on sleep.