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The How Am I Supposed to Sleep Like This Meme

We've all been through it. The hotel room with the obnoxiously loud snorer, the camping trip with the air mattress that just won't stay inflated, that dog across the street that just won't shut up. You really want to sleep, but it seems like that's not happening tonight, for whatever reason. Use the RNG or pick from the list for some ideas or make up your own scenario!

1. Bed Hog - The person you're sleeping next to is a bed hog, hope you like trying to sleep while balancing on the edge of the mattress with someone's knees in your back.

2. Where are my blankets? - When you went to bed you were nice and warm but now it's freezing! It'd be nice if your partner would share some of the blankets.

3. Keep it down over there! - Looks like you're not the only one not getting any sleep tonight, but your neighbor sounds like they're having way more fun with it. Maybe hitting the ceiling with a broom will get them to knock it off, or asking politely never hurt...

4. The great outdoors! - Camping is a lot of fun, but night time can be an adventure. Maybe the tent isn't big enough, or there's some spooky noises in the woods. Was that a chainsaw killer you just heard?

5. Insomnia - There's no good reason, but you just can't stop tossing and turning. Just try not to keep everyone else awake.

6. Wild card - Pick anything! Or make up your own!

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[He's been lying motionlessly on his side of the bed (far on his side, mind you, with his back towards her and not even stealing the blankets a little bit, look how much of a gentleman he's being) for two hours, now. Sleep is obviously a thing that only happens to other people.

Better than nightmares, he guesses, but he's tired and he's too old to be losing sleep like this.

Without a sigh, as quietly as possible, he tries to slip out of the bed to get something to drink.]

[Rose has always been a light sleeper. The shifting mattress stirs her out of her slumber and she rolls over to look at him, blankets he'd been so kind as not to hog tangled around her waist and legs.]

Trouble sleeping?

[Oh, damn. He glances back at her over his shoulder, rubs one eye under his shades.]

Me? Come on. Like that's a thing that happens. I'm just grabbing something from the kitchen. You want anything?