My dad just called me crazy and a psycho

Azndude51

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I had to stay at my dad's house all week. He's been making me go to bed at 11:30 though I'm 18 and it's summer. However, I just stay up on my laptop until 2 o'clock, sometimes 3, but I don't think he knows it. It's summer and I don't need to go to work until the late afternoon, so I wake up at around 11-12 noon. On friday, I had to wake up at 6:30 to drive my mom two hours away to see a doctor and I only had 5.5 hours of sleep, I went to bed at 1:00 fri. night. I wake up today (saturday) at 1:30. I think my dad was pissed about something else before I woke up, but when I woke up, he starts yelling at me about my poor sleeping habits and how no one does what I do. He says that I'll probably get some disease and die at an early age and that medicine won't be able to help me. He then says, "You're crazy, you're a psycho for sleeping so much." Wow, you guys think he took that a little far? I mean, I know I'm sleeping a lot, but it's summer and I'm not really a morning person, my dad wakes up at 6am daily. Plus he's never said anything about it before...

Slightly shorter version (cliffs):
I slept from 2-3 at night to 11-12 noon all week
I got to bed at 1am on fri. after getting 5.5 hours of sleep the night before
I wake up on sat. at 1:30
Dad says: I'll probably get some disease and die at an early age and that medicine won't be able to help me. He then says, "You're crazy, you're a psycho for sleeping so much."
 

Saint Nick

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my parents gave me that crap a few years ago... since then they haven't really cared. i try to not screw up my sleep patterns too much on the weekends, as i have a full time job during the week. especially since college is coming up for me (first year :roll: ) i have to get my sleeping sh!t together.
 

ohtwell

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I think he's just concerned about you and isn't sure exactly how to voice it.


: ) Amanda
 

mindwreck

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lol if he thinks thats crazy. I sleep at 2 or 3 and woke up a few times at 12 to 1 pm. My usually sleep cycle is 3-9am or 2-7am for school days.
 

sundev

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Sounds like classic immigrant parents (mine included). That's exactly, word for word, what my mom and grandmother used to say to me ("poor sleeping habits", "no one sleeps that long", "there is something wrong with you").

My comeback? Hey, I'm getting As and don't drink and do drugs like everyone else. If my only problem is that I'm sleeping late, you should be congratulating me.

EDIT: I also used to say that in fact EVERYONE under the age of 24 pretty much does it.
 

DaveSimmons

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Originally posted by: ohtwell
I think he's just concerned about you and isn't sure exactly how to voice it.
He trusts you and thinks you are sleeping 12-13 hours straight every day which is not normal.

If you admit you're staying up until 2-3 he'll realize you're sleeping normally, just deceiving him about your hours.

Sounds like you need to get your own place so you can keep the hours you want.
 

Literati

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Originally posted by: skyking
your sleeping habits suck. that does not make you crazy though.

Tell that to Crazy-Bad-Sleeping-Habits-Willie down the street from me!

I don't think he'd agree!
 

PHiuR

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I go to bed between 4-6 every night
and my mom always tells me how it's bad and such. I just shurg it off.
Hey, as long as I'm getting to work, I'm a-okay. it is the summer time...times for chillen :cool:
 

Azndude51

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Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Originally posted by: MustangSVT
NO ONE DOES IT?
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what nationality are you?

I wonder if his username holds a clue.....

Well, I think he's looking for something more specific. Asian could be anything from Indian, Malaysian, Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean, etc. I'm Chinese.
 

lokiju

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I'd stay up until 5 or 6 when I lived with my parents before I really worked and was on summer break, they used to make comments about me being a vampire, blah blah blah, but they didn't really care.

I still will usually stay up until 2 or 3 on the weekends and sleep until 11 or 12 and I'm 25 now.


Nothing unusual about that to me.

 

Azndude51

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Originally posted by: skyking
your sleeping habits suck. that does not make you crazy though.

Well, I'm not saying they're good, but its summer and I think he took it a little far with the things he said. If I did this everyday for the rest of my life, maybe he'd be right.

EDIT: I mean, if i slept 12 hours a day for the rest of my life
 

Auryg

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Yeah, through your life your biological clock changes a lot. Why I don't know. But most teenagers prefer to stay up till 3 or so, and then sleep till about 11-12. From there it totally shifts..by the time you're 70 you'll be going to bed at 8:30 and waking up at 4.
 

skyking

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Originally posted by: Auryg
Originally posted by: Azndude51
Originally posted by: Auryg
by the time you're 70 you'll be going to bed at 8:30 and waking up at 4.

That's going to suck :frown:

They seem to enjoy it. Hehe.

It's a wash. I go to bed at 10~11 and out at 5ish, regardless of the day of the week.
You can get a lot done in the morning:)