Okay, so am I the ONLY 34 year old freak who is still afraid of the dark??


Are you??


How did you overcome it??


Or do you actually prefer it??



Tonight, it's windy as hell, a million things are creaking , I have the house to myself and it's freaking me the hell out. I've *always* been scared of the dark - I think it stems back to when I was kid and some brat told me monsters came down from the woods opposite my house, at night, and roamed the houses. I've been a wuss ever since.


Are you scared of the dark??

Nope, you're not the only one. Won't sleep with my back against the air and will not let me feet be uncovered especially if they are hanging over the matress

In 6 months I'll be 40

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I'm well over 40 and sleep with a night light.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

WOW, Rich - you need to share your beauty secrets!

The feet thing, I TOTALLY get - I hate them hanging out of my bed. If something touched them in the middle of the night, I'd freak the hell out.

babynoz said:

Seriously - even if people are IN the house, if I need the bathroom during the night, I SPRINT back and forth. It's pathetic.

SO reassuring when you get back into bed, though.

onenitealone said:

it could only be scary monsters!

I still get ID'd, which is totally annoying when I tell them I could have a 21 year old child but I really should be flattered right?

babynoz said:

I like to maybe have a little light drifting in from somewhere

onenitealone said:

Swear to God, I still do not let my feet get anywhere near grabbing distance from under the bed people!

and if I do sleep with my back to the open air, none of my back can be exposed. I like to have a pillow still on the back side and must be covered. The only way I can be uncovered is from the front

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Shush! You're making it worse!




And you should be flattered!! I've never, once, been ID'd.

onenitealone said:

When I was married my hubby liked it all dark. I was okay with another person in the bed but being alone I must have some light.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

There's gotta be something Freudian to that...

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babynoz said:

OMG, how embarrassing. When I sleep over someone's house I am comforted by them being there but there is the mad shuffle from and to the bed when I'm not familiar with the place and it's all dark. I wonder if a guy has ever heard me scurrying and thought WTF?

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I have to have my feet and butt covered.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Ewww! I don't like people scurrying around in the dark...put on a light for gosh sakes if ya gotta get up.

I can't sleep if the doors are open.

I live alone in my new home, and the bathroom is connected to my bedroom. I have to have both closets, the bedroom door, AND the bathroom door closed, or I'm

onenitealone said:

depends if its kind of creepy and im out somewhere.usually i have my phone so i can see where im going.lol

chocolate1 said:

When I'm alone in the house, I still will close the bathroom door to do 1 or 2 and it gets LOCKED if I'm in the shower

babynoz said:

I've got the landing light on and something against the door. Stupid wind outside!!!

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

That. Is. The. Worst.

When you're in someone else's house, and you're unfailiar with it, in the dark.

Another thing I can't tolerate: closet/wardrobe doors ajar. They gotta be shut!!



Pathetic.

onenitealone said:

It's not just me!


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onenitealone said:

It's to the point that I want to squeal but I save that only for when I'm having fun!

chocolate1 said:

That is soooo me!

A while back, I had a similar set-up; a house I lived in had an en suite bathroom. I went to see 'Saw' in the cinema and, when I got home, it was really windy and the extractor fan was going like crazy. All I could think of was that stupid puppet riding around on a tricycle. I could NOT get to bloody sleep.

Christopher said:

Awwwww...

What about in the house?? Are you braver, then? Or do you have night vision goggles?? :giggle


~ adds to Christmas list ~

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Omg, you guys too? We're all hopeless chickens...

chocolate1 said:

Lawd... you, babynoz, Supa, Chris and I sharing a house together... it would be more scary than a haunted house. Between our screams, slamming doors, scurrying about and running across the landing...

onenitealone said:

Is there a bed big enough for all of us to sleep together!?!

onenitealone said:

LOL! I swear I can hear more sounds when there's no light. It's the downside of having a vivid imagination.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

That, I can believe.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

As long as my feet can go under the blanket, and your front is exposed, we should be fine.