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His Wife Lets Their Kids Sleep In Their Bed, But He’s Uncomfortable With It So He’s Staying In The Guest Room

Source: Reddit/AITA

I don’t have kids, so I’m pretty much blowing smoke here, but I’m 99.999% certain that if I did have kids, they wouldn’t be sleeping in bed with me.

How do people do this?!?!

Well, the guy who wrote this story on Reddit ain’t having it either: is he a jerk?

Check out his story and see what you think.

AITA for saying I won’t sleep in the bed if my child sleeps in it too?

“My wife and I have two kids (4M, 1F) and sleep can be pretty hard to come by in general with two young kids.

He has some issues.

But it’s a bit harder for me because I have bipolar disorder and insomnia that’s really connected to my mood – if I don’t sleep, I tend to have a major mood shift.

Also, I have arthritis so have pretty achy joints and feel pretty run down a lot.

I’ve basically been sleeping in the guest room for the last 9 months.

At first it was because my wife wanted to co-sleep with our baby and I didn’t feel comfortable sharing a bed with them because I take meds to help my insomnia that make me a deep sleeper and I was afraid it wouldn’t be safe for all of us.

Our daughter’s been out of our bed for a few months now but as soon as she left, our 4 year old started sleeping in there.

And even though it’s not about safety with him in there, with my insomnia and difficulties falling asleep, unless I am relaxed in the environment it is so hard to sleep and it’s hard to relax with a starfished out 4 year old.

So I just have essentially moved to the guest room to sleep otherwise I feel that I won’t be able to sleep and that can trigger a mood episode or make my joints feel crummy.

And now he has even more issues…

My wife says I’m being a big baby and am using this an excuse not to be near her and I need to suck it up.

She also said that she has no problem with our son sleeping in our bed even though I’ve explained that means I can’t sleep in there.

In her defense, she now only lets him sleep in there a couple of nights a week but it’s super hard to bounce back and forth for me.

What to do…?

I feel bad making it an ultimatum of “me or our kid” but ultimately, I feel like my sleep is too important to miss out on.

It sucks for our relationship and intimacy for me to be in another room, but I feel like an achy and irritable dad is even worse.

AITA for not sleeping in there?”

Check out what Reddit users had to say.

This person said he’s NTA.

Another Reddit user agreed.

This individual shared their thoughts.

One person had a lot to say.

And this person wouldn’t put up with this, either.

Divorce might be a little extreme.

Then again, this is Reddit.

If you enjoyed that story, read this one about a mom who was forced to bring her three kids with her to apply for government benefits, but ended up getting the job of her dreams.

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