Am I the only one who has to endure this?

[Systematic Chaos]

Before I say anything else, let me say that I love my wife with all my heart and I always will. She is absolutely the sweetest person and is very smart, plus we have tons of stuff in common. She isn't a political person, but she can see the logic in just about everything I rant on about to her. :) Also, she's been caught reading "Stupid White Men" while on the can and she says she loves Michael Moore's humor.

I find myself totally unable to sleep right now, but Jeanette has been out like a light for the past couple hours.

So... I'm sitting here at the desk, which is right next to the bed, and out of nowhere in a very clear voice she chimes in with, "Now, THAT was really something!" I turned around and asked her what she meant, thinking maybe she was watching me here on DU and happened to see a picture or headline that caught her attention. Her reply to that was "The mask! You know, Mel Torme?" Keep in mind that she was looking straight at me and seemed totally lucid throughout this exchange. I got a look of puzzlement on my face that I'm sure was priceless and said, "Honey, you've completely lost me...." Then she goes on again about a mask (a tiger mask this time) and Mel Torme. I was so bamboozled that all I could do was get up out of my chair, lean over and give her a big kiss on the mouth then a pat on the arm. She was back asleep within 30 seconds like nothing happened.

This is not the first time this has happened. One night she started going on about something on the ceiling and kept insisting there was glitter and streamers up there. She was vague about what had her attention at first but the more I questioned her the more she started going on about decorations on the ceiling. At first, I was looking all over for some huge nasty spider or something and honestly thought there was something there. I was in a feisty mood that night so I started teasing her about it, but she ended up realizing that she was having hallucinations and got very upset and defensive with me. I ironed things out with her the following morning and things were fine after that.

So, really... just what the hell is going on here? Is there cause for concern with this, or do a lot of people do it? At least she doesn't sleepwalk or anything although I don't think there's much of a stretch between the above behavior - looking totally lucid but raving like Bob Boudelang in rapture - and running outside to play with the stray ferret and emu that live in the building's outdoor sprinkler system.

What do you all think?

[WillParkinson]

1. Paul does it

He'll have complete conversations with me and never remember having them. I don't think it's a cause for concern.


On edit:
Stray emu?

[matcom]

2. eewwwww didn't she have 'morning breath'?

:P

seriously, I do it myself. my wife LOVES it! she has whole conversations with me talking silly whilst asleep. then she tells me about it the next day.

she gets a real kick outta it. not to worry. play along!

:hi:

[WillParkinson]

3. And the conversations they have...

Are probably more logical than when he's awake.

(Yeah, like THAT'S tough...)

[matcom]

4. oh Will you know me so well

:D

once i was even talking about SEX! :P

[WillParkinson]

13. But!

Sex with WHOM?

(If you say Zomby I'm just gonna blow chunks...no, that's what I call Paul.)

[matcom]

15. CATWOMAN!

of course :P

[BlueJazz]

5. Nothing to worry about.

I've had Girlfriends in the past that do the same thing and have
heard numerous dinner conversations about someones spouse "rambling on" in their sleep.....enjoy the show!

[Rainbowreflect]

6. My husband does the same thing.

We will carry on conversations. I'll ask him questions and he will answer, but he won't remember any of it. He also sleeps with his eyes open sometimes. That really freaked me out the first time.

[Booberdawg]

7. She's just dreaming

she's in the twilight zone. I have woke myself up talking before.

Next time it happens - if there's anything you want to know ......:D

[BigMcLargehuge]

8. You , my friend, have just experienced what I call...

Moon Language.

My wife is fluent in freaky dream speak. She even sits up and makes bizarro pronouncements and accusations while be totally and completely asleep. The conversation usually goes like this:

Wife: Honey? Honey?
Me: What... what is it (wipes sleep snot from eyes)
Wife: You forgot to put the powder in the... (waves hands frantically in the shape of something like a bowl)... the ... OH NEVERMIND!
Me: What the hell are you talking about?
Wife: The thing I asked for .... you were suppoed to put in in the shoes...
Me: I'll do it in the morning. (Rolls over and tries to go back to sleep)
Wife: But what about the... (garbled mumbling)... you promised.

Moon Language. My favorite nighttime freak show.

[peekaloo]

9. The Velvet Fog.......

Mel's nickname seems apt in describing this "conversation".

;-)

[commander bunnypants]

10. Well - My wife

Would wake me up in themorning. After I peed in the sink while totally asleep. I never remember any of it.

BTW- I scrub the sink out at least 3 times a week


DDQM

[zanana]

11. I laugh in my sleep.

Drives my husband crazy. He always wonders what I was laughing about, but I never remember.

[pansypoo53219]

12. i was told

i rhymed in my sleep. so after i am married in the future i will have to find out what else i do.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

14. I do it

Skip and I have had long conversations while I was asleep. He thinks it's funny. Usually I'm having some wild dream about us being married with babies and we're deciding what do that day. It's weird. She's just dreaming. She's fine. A lot of people do this. Nothing to worry about.
Duckie

[Japhy_Ryder]

16. My wife does it

I was on the computer one night, she sat up in bed and said "Carrot Top". Obviously I was horrified that somehow Carrot Top had invaded her subconsious, and asked "um. what?" She replied "mmm hmmm" and quickly back to sleep. I'm pretty sure now that she was having a nightmare in which she was trying to make a collect call without dialing down the center, and was being harrassed by Carrot Top. It must have been very traumatic.

[TXlib]

17. KCDem does this...

*chuckle*

She sometimes has nonsense conversations, but more frequently, she becomes slightly aphasiac upon waking up.

This one time, at band camp -- Uh, in the Bahamas, I mean -- we had just gotten to the island, and took a nap upon reaching the hotel. She and I woke up at about the same time. She looked at the clock, and said very urgently, "It's almost skirt!"

"Huh? What do you mean, 'almost skirt'?" I asked, perplexed.

She shook me and pointed at the clock, and repeated, "It's almost skirt. SKIRT!"

The clock read 5:57 pm. I deduced she had meant "six". I said, "Oh, you mean it's almost six!"

She stared at me for a moment, and then replied, "That's what I said!"

[Boudica]

18. Not unusual

If I ask the DH someting while he is asleep (usually right before he wakes up) he responds with utter nonsense.

[Castilleja]

19. Oh boy, I do that too

especially the part about seeing things on the ceiling. Apparently, the ceiling fan is very threatening, since it figures frequently in whatever it is I think I am seeing. I have also said things to my husband, that he never understands, and that I will try to explain until I wake all the way up and realize it makes no sense. I also will swear I see somebody or something I think is a person, screech and vault entirely out of bed after having seen "something" which scared me.

It has happened for years, off and on, no idea why. I know my husband gets tired of being woken up that way. Now, if I see something, I try hard to lay still (and not scream ;)) and see if it is real or what. I'd like to know if anyone knows what causes this as well. :shrug: I have no clue.