Sleep and sleeping with the light on

43 Reasons to Sleep With the Light On

1. You remember everything.
2. When you were seven, and in Harlan, Kentucky, you were told the ghosts of the dead miners came for children who took their fathers for granted.
3. The robbers will think you're awake and avoid your room.
4. The robbers will see you and steal you. They can spot something of value when they see it.
5. It helps you to forget the sound of the rubber soles of corduroy slippers on unvarnished wood floors getting louder as they approach your room.
6. You know what you did to deserve this.
7. You believe as he often accuses you - that your husband actually is made of money.
8. Infidelity leaves stains on on the conscious that glow in the dark.
9. You skipped dessert four times this week.
10. Left to your own devices you'll wake up at four am and with the lights on it will feel more like morning as everyone else experiences it.
11. Someone once told you not to.
12. Part of you wants anyone who checks to be sure they notice you.
13. Your husband is afraid of the dark.
14. The dog is old and it helps her find the edge of the bed. Once, she missed and fell with a sharp shriek, which woke everyone in the house and sent them flying to your room, they stared at you as if you'd harmed her intentionally.
15. Summer nights, sleeping on top of the covers your husband sometimes gets erections and points them in your direction a full five minutes before grabbing your breasts clumsily in a weak approximation of foreplay. If you see it before he wakes up, you can slip downstairs and sleep untouched on the sofa, maybe even with the lights off.
16. Only the very best and worst things happen in the dark and you're much more comfortable with the mundane.
17. You don't want to mistake the man next to you for the man you actually love.
18. If you wake suddenly from a dream, you can quickly establish your bearings.
19. Karen Best, whom you idolized in high school, once told you sleeping on your stomach gave you wrinkles before you were thirty years old, so staying alert is important for the long term.
20. Because.
21. Because.
22. Because.
23. Sometimes you like to read when your husband is asleep and while the light doesn't bother him, the sound of the lamp chain wakes him up.
24. Once you dreamed you were making love to your elementary school gym teacher who's skin was yellow from jaundice and smelled of onions and you'll do anything not to have that dream again.
25. What if it rains?
26. Sometimes you fall asleep so rapidly and with such abandon it's conceivable someone could move the entire bed to an undisclosed location while you languish in the arms of Morpheus. Waking to an unlit room is a sure sign something has changed.
27. You will never accidentally call your husband James, which is the name of the man you really love. Your husband's name is "Richard" which sounds so little like it your error will be detected immediately.
28. In the dark night of the soul it is always three am, but ith the lights on it's a more even keeled noon.
29. It always gave you such comfort.
30. Back in Harlan you shared a room with your sister, your cousin Margie, your cousin Sassy and sometimes Grandma Greeley and it was the easiest way to see how many people you had to navigate around on your way to pee in the middle of the night.
31. I said because.
32.Even 400 miles away and at the advanced age of 33, you're sure the ghosts of the miners still know where to find you.
33. When you wake to jot down your dreams in half sleep, there is a better chance you'll be able to read your handwriting the next day.
34. Your therapist said it was okay.
35. It pisses off your husband for better reasons than he even suspects.
36. You don't have a bad marriage, in fact, what it lacks in passion it compensates for in calm. Compared to most you've seen, your functioning arrangement is preferable to those emotional messes.
37. Someone once told you not to.
38. Light is a symbol of cleanliness and purification.
39. You suspect there's a medical benefit they haven't yet discovered.
40. You're certain you once read that it was always light in heaven, so this is good practice.
41. You can make shadow puppets on the ceiling any time of the night you so desire.
42. Monsters only come out in the dark.
43. You can afford only small luxuries.

Sleep and sleeping with the light on

43 Reasons to Sleep With the Light On

1. You remember everything.
2. When you were seven, and in Harlan, Kentucky, you were told the ghosts of the dead miners came for children who took their fathers for granted.
3. The robbers will think you're awake and avoid your room.
4. The robbers will see you and steal you. They can spot something of value when they see it.
5. It helps you to forget the sound of the rubber soles of corduroy slippers on unvarnished wood floors getting louder as they approach your room.
6. You know what you did to deserve this.
7. You believe as he often accuses you - that your husband actually is made of money.
8. Infidelity leaves stains on on the conscious that glow in the dark.
9. You skipped dessert four times this week.
10. Left to your own devices you'll wake up at four am and with the lights on it will feel more like morning as everyone else experiences it.
11. Someone once told you not to.
12. Part of you wants anyone who checks to be sure they notice you.
13. Your husband is afraid of the dark.
14. The dog is old and it helps her find the edge of the bed. Once, she missed and fell with a sharp shriek, which woke everyone in the house and sent them flying to your room, they stared at you as if you'd harmed her intentionally.
15. Summer nights, sleeping on top of the covers your husband sometimes gets erections and points them in your direction a full five minutes before grabbing your breasts clumsily in a weak approximation of foreplay. If you see it before he wakes up, you can slip downstairs and sleep untouched on the sofa, maybe even with the lights off.
16. Only the very best and worst things happen in the dark and you're much more comfortable with the mundane.
17. You don't want to mistake the man next to you for the man you actually love.
18. If you wake suddenly from a dream, you can quickly establish your bearings.
19. Karen Best, whom you idolized in high school, once told you sleeping on your stomach gave you wrinkles before you were thirty years old, so staying alert is important for the long term.
20. Because.
21. Because.
22. Because.
23. Sometimes you like to read when your husband is asleep and while the light doesn't bother him, the sound of the lamp chain wakes him up.
24. Once you dreamed you were making love to your elementary school gym teacher who's skin was yellow from jaundice and smelled of onions and you'll do anything not to have that dream again.
25. What if it rains?
26. Sometimes you fall asleep so rapidly and with such abandon it's conceivable someone could move the entire bed to an undisclosed location while you languish in the arms of Morpheus. Waking to an unlit room is a sure sign something has changed.
27. You will never accidentally call your husband James, which is the name of the man you really love. Your husband's name is "Richard" which sounds so little like it your error will be detected immediately.
28. In the dark night of the soul it is always three am, but ith the lights on it's a more even keeled noon.
29. It always gave you such comfort.
30. Back in Harlan you shared a room with your sister, your cousin Margie, your cousin Sassy and sometimes Grandma Greeley and it was the easiest way to see how many people you had to navigate around on your way to pee in the middle of the night.
31. I said because.
32.Even 400 miles away and at the advanced age of 33, you're sure the ghosts of the miners still know where to find you.
33. When you wake to jot down your dreams in half sleep, there is a better chance you'll be able to read your handwriting the next day.
34. Your therapist said it was okay.
35. It pisses off your husband for better reasons than he even suspects.
36. You don't have a bad marriage, in fact, what it lacks in passion it compensates for in calm. Compared to most you've seen, your functioning arrangement is preferable to those emotional messes.
37. Someone once told you not to.
38. Light is a symbol of cleanliness and purification.
39. You suspect there's a medical benefit they haven't yet discovered.
40. You're certain you once read that it was always light in heaven, so this is good practice.
41. You can make shadow puppets on the ceiling any time of the night you so desire.
42. Monsters only come out in the dark.
43. You can afford only small luxuries.

Sleep and sleeping with the light on

43 Reasons to Sleep With the Light On

1. You remember everything.
2. When you were seven, and in Harlan, Kentucky, you were told the ghosts of the dead miners came for children who took their fathers for granted.
3. The robbers will think you're awake and avoid your room.
4. The robbers will see you and steal you. They can spot something of value when they see it.
5. It helps you to forget the sound of the rubber soles of corduroy slippers on unvarnished wood floors getting louder as they approach your room.
6. You know what you did to deserve this.
7. You believe as he often accuses you - that your husband actually is made of money.
8. Infidelity leaves stains on on the conscious that glow in the dark.
9. You skipped dessert four times this week.
10. Left to your own devices you'll wake up at four am and with the lights on it will feel more like morning as everyone else experiences it.
11. Someone once told you not to.
12. Part of you wants anyone who checks to be sure they notice you.
13. Your husband is afraid of the dark.
14. The dog is old and it helps her find the edge of the bed. Once, she missed and fell with a sharp shriek, which woke everyone in the house and sent them flying to your room, they stared at you as if you'd harmed her intentionally.
15. Summer nights, sleeping on top of the covers your husband sometimes gets erections and points them in your direction a full five minutes before grabbing your breasts clumsily in a weak approximation of foreplay. If you see it before he wakes up, you can slip downstairs and sleep untouched on the sofa, maybe even with the lights off.
16. Only the very best and worst things happen in the dark and you're much more comfortable with the mundane.
17. You don't want to mistake the man next to you for the man you actually love.
18. If you wake suddenly from a dream, you can quickly establish your bearings.
19. Karen Best, whom you idolized in high school, once told you sleeping on your stomach gave you wrinkles before you were thirty years old, so staying alert is important for the long term.
20. Because.
21. Because.
22. Because.
23. Sometimes you like to read when your husband is asleep and while the light doesn't bother him, the sound of the lamp chain wakes him up.
24. Once you dreamed you were making love to your elementary school gym teacher who's skin was yellow from jaundice and smelled of onions and you'll do anything not to have that dream again.
25. What if it rains?
26. Sometimes you fall asleep so rapidly and with such abandon it's conceivable someone could move the entire bed to an undisclosed location while you languish in the arms of Morpheus. Waking to an unlit room is a sure sign something has changed.
27. You will never accidentally call your husband James, which is the name of the man you really love. Your husband's name is "Richard" which sounds so little like it your error will be detected immediately.
28. In the dark night of the soul it is always three am, but ith the lights on it's a more even keeled noon.
29. It always gave you such comfort.
30. Back in Harlan you shared a room with your sister, your cousin Margie, your cousin Sassy and sometimes Grandma Greeley and it was the easiest way to see how many people you had to navigate around on your way to pee in the middle of the night.
31. I said because.
32.Even 400 miles away and at the advanced age of 33, you're sure the ghosts of the miners still know where to find you.
33. When you wake to jot down your dreams in half sleep, there is a better chance you'll be able to read your handwriting the next day.
34. Your therapist said it was okay.
35. It pisses off your husband for better reasons than he even suspects.
36. You don't have a bad marriage, in fact, what it lacks in passion it compensates for in calm. Compared to most you've seen, your functioning arrangement is preferable to those emotional messes.
37. Someone once told you not to.
38. Light is a symbol of cleanliness and purification.
39. You suspect there's a medical benefit they haven't yet discovered.
40. You're certain you once read that it was always light in heaven, so this is good practice.
41. You can make shadow puppets on the ceiling any time of the night you so desire.
42. Monsters only come out in the dark.
43. You can afford only small luxuries.