Say What?!

Dan is an early bird and I am more of a night owl. Not really a big issue but it does make for some funny situations at times.

There have been a several times when Dan when I have been reading in bed or on the phone so I end up getting into bed after Dan's fallen asleep. We'd not been married a month when I discovered that I can converse with Dan after he's been asleep awhile and he will have no memory of it.

The first time this happened Dan had been asleep and when I came into the room Dan opened his eyes wide and looked completely terrified. It concerned me and I did what I could to comfort him. (Now, this was my first encounter with this type of situation with Dan so I was pretty nervous by his sudden look of terror.) I asked him if he was ok and he said he was. Then he looked at the clock and asked me why I was getting up. I said that I wasn't getting up but coming to bed. To that he replied, "That's a good idea." then shut his eyes and was back to sleep. By then I began to giggle and laugh realizing that he probably wouldn't remember the conversation in the morning.

Well, last week it happened again. I was in bed reading and had just turned out the light to go to sleep. Dan had been asleep for a few minutes and immediately after the light clicked off the conversation was as follows:

D: What happened?
J: What do you mean?
D: Why is it so dark in here?
J: I just turned out the light. (cue the giggles)
D: Oh, ok.
D: China.
J: China?
D: Yeah China.
J: What are do you mean, China?

My last question was met with silence. Dan returned to sleep, or continued whichever is most accurate.

When mentioning these conversations to Dan the following morning he had no memory of the chat from the night before. He truly keeps me laughing even when he's fast asleep.