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First Posted: 12/02/09 05:12 AM ET Updated: 11/17/11 09:02 AM ET

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Older women may complain about their sleepless nights more than men do but Dutch research shows they're actually catching more sleep.

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Older women may complain about their sleepless nights more than men do but Dutch research shows they're actually catching more sleep.
Older women may complain about their sleepless nights more than men do but Dutch research shows they're actually catching more sleep.
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jimbeaux1961
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05:51 PM on 10/07/2009
They know we'll die first and it gives them something to dream about.
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jimbeaux1961
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05:50 PM on 10/07/2009
If my wife would take the dog out JUST ONCE I'd sleep more.
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yellowdoggie
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08:35 PM on 10/05/2009
If this is true, it is just one more thing that old women can do better than old men. I think it's like karma. After a lifetime of being our "superiors" (haha) old women somehow seem to get the last laugh.
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BlackYowe
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03:08 PM on 10/05/2009
I have had problems my whole life with sleep but I did notice I am sleeping allot better now I have passed throught the change of life and I noticed my husband tosses and turns more. We are both in our 50s.
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Mattie
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12:40 PM on 10/03/2009
What's older, I'm 49 and I would never sleep if it wasn't for ambien. It started about 45, I used to fall asleep in five minutes. While I'm lying there awake, my 55 year old husband is sleeping like a baby
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NoSillyName
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12:42 AM on 10/03/2009
Maybe that's true in the Dutch study, but if isn't true for the older women in my family. 3-4-5 hours punctuated by a bathroom break or two is the norm. The rare 5 uninterrupted is cause for celebration.
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Agentlady007
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09:43 PM on 10/02/2009
Women are more responsible for household chores than men, and the stress levels are higher, IMO.
This of course is a good reason why women may get more rest but not the kind of quality sleep men get. One way to cure this would be if the man of the house did the dishes once in a while or cooked.
Instead the woman does all the chores and takes care of the children. Sure the men help pay the bills and most of them in many cases, but the housework is a harder job than men think. I sound old fashioned, I know. It's the way I am. It's what I know from experience. If things are balanced in the home, I think women will not complain as much and rest will be more of a pleasure instead of a necessity.
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