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When couples have mismatched sleep schedules and can't find intimacy

My partner and I have completely different sleep schedules and we keep trying to 'sync up' but one of us always ends up miserable and resentful. We've turned bedtime into this negotiation where nobody wins and intimacy feels like a scheduling conflict.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people are forcing synchronization instead of finding rhythm that honors both their natural timing.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Sleep as time relationship?”

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