Hey moms, which would you choose as the perfect Valentine’s Day gift: a romantic night of unbridled passion with your sweetie or 10 glorious hours of uninterrupted sleep?
If you selected the latter, you aren’t alone.
Far from it.
In fact, a new survey found that nearly 70% of moms would rather sleep than have sex.
The phrase “We ain’t getting any,” has new meaning for today’s moms. It refers to sleep.
I know I’m not getting enough, are you?
According to the survey’s host, Hybrid Mom, a female head of household doesn’t sleep—-EVER!
Granted, the poll was unscientific, but the results are hard to deny.
When do moms sleep? Not during pregnancy. Not when their kids are babies or when the rugrats start school. And especially not after Junior gets his driver’s license and repeatedly skips curfew while cruising around in the family car.
Basically, moms don’t enjoy more than a few hours of shut-eye until well after their children are grown and move out of the house.
But why? Why do we deprive ourselves of life-enriching sleep and walk around like zombies upon extracting a child from our wombs?
According to Hybrid Mom: “Nearly 25% of married women have given up sex; whether it’s because they are just so exhausted or because they are irritated at their partner is anybody’s guess.”
Personally, I think it comes down to mom guilt. Moms try so hard to have it all. They want well adjusted kids who feel loved and secure… and they want a clean home. They also want their children to have clean clothes to wear, and possibly squeeze in a few hours, so they can have some semblance of a career. To achieve this something’s got to be sacrificed, and in most cases it’s sleep.
When was the last time you had a good night’s sleep?
I can’t remember the last night I got more than five hours of sleep. Between working late, chipping away at Mt. Dirty Laundry, unloading the dishwasher, packing lunches for the next day, filling out school paperwork, paying bills, shredding junk mail, and comforting a sick child, who has time for sleep?
As for sex, think of it this way: If you sacrifice the love making you run the risk of alienating your spouse. This begets bad feelings and possibly causes an irreparable rift in your marriage that is only alleviated with divorce. And once you get a divorce you can kiss whatever sleep you’re getting now goodbye forever because everyone knows single moms never rest.
So, is sleep the new sex?
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