Are they really tired?

It's like this, people get tired more easily if they are to do something that they don't really want to do. But you rarely see someone confess that they are tired of doing what they want to do. It's just a matter of preferences and duties. There's a big difference between doing something because you have to, and doing something because you want to.

now the social pressure to make people feel too tired, so for a lot of things is not interested in

It so happens that our minds and body system are so much attuned to doing certain things that we shall do them until we are very heavily tired and just ready to fall off and sleep. For other things, we start to think:"Oh, I am tired. This work needs a lot of energy, so I cannot do it." Its more a state of mind than everything else. And I assume that perhaps everyone does it. What do you think?

It annoys me as well. I have a friend who works, and as of now i am with no job. So as to flaunt her work she will always say that dialogue, as she has so much of work to do. And indirectly she will always taunt words on me not having any job. It really annoys as well as hurts.

Perhaps, he isn't too tired but have no motivation to do it. I guess he's engaged in more things he finds interesting than doing things. Usually, I plead tiredness when I am in a very unpleasant (in my book) situation and do soemtihng else that is interesting and more worthwhile in my opinion. But, yes when it happens to me, it's also quite annoying

We are motivated by different things. Things we like, we can spend forever doing it and feel more and more energetic. Don't you feel this way when you are in myLot? As for things we rather not do, even just the mention of it will throw us off to another planet...there we start to stray in our thoughts and fantasize...and "what was it you were saying about doing again?" We are all alike...don't you agree?

Heheh i think it is really just up to one person whenever they use this phrase if they do not really mean it. My boyfriend whenever he say he is sleepy or tired so far i have proven that he is telling the truth. Often though that people are like this. I think sometimes it just meant that they do not want to do other things.

I heard this comments so often from my sister. Her husband do exactly like what you mentioned. Later as I read the first response here, he mentioned that it is a way for someone to relax. So... I really don't know. Perhaps there are some people taking things for granted, take some advantage, or addicted to computer / video games. It could be a way to relax, if so... I really hope that after relax they can help out with the task. Life is like that, so my sister in law have duty roster for each and everyone of her family member to be fair.

I've done the chores day and night myself and I barely liked it. To say I don't get tired is an outrageous lie. I'm not a robot for god's sake. Call me an idiot but I play games to lubricate my coarse tiredness.

It isn't always lying as you said he claims to be tired only to play games. I am also tired most of the time and really cannot do the dishes and cleaning stuffs and all. Yet, I will be on mylot for hours together. These are the ways we use to relax. Your husband finds that relaxation in the games and stuffs like that. I find it in mylot. It depends on each individual and their ways of relaxing and having some time for themselves alone. I really feel that time is very important. I mean, having some time for ourselves when we are really tired.

Sometimes people are lazy in house hold works . Seeing alone the plates unwashed , the floor unclean makes them very tired already , how much more working with those ? Most men don't like to be a part of house stuff. They felt when they reach home , they should be resting because coming from hard days work , they forget wives are aso very tired but our culture says , house stuff are woman's duty and obligation.

maybe he is really tired and playing games relaxes him. (this is just for the sake of discussion). Maybe he has no energy to do some chores already or sit watch there for it will bore him. Maybe he is just relaxing as he plays his games. Again for discussion sake: Maybe he is too tired to sleep.

i think in such cases this word tired means that's not what i want to do.True i have heard some people say they are tired and move on to do something else meaning its just what you want them to do that is a bother to them.

tough I am also tired after spending the day here and i get to point i will play a game to relax but to stay up till 4 in the morning hmm

Personally I think this is something we can all relate with as we have all been there a time or two. There is probably times I know I have probably done something like this as well as my husband. I am the one always known to still be up at 4 a.m. but that is due to coming home from work at 1, but seriously there are times when maybe you might just want to express your feelings and see how you can get him to want to help around the house a little more.

I think it isn't lying so much as laziness. I remember once when I was a kid, my whole family was sick with the flu. I was so tired that it was hard to keep my head up, and I knew my parents must be feeling the same. But they still made us all soup and sandwiches, encouraged us to eat them, and then washed the dishes. I remember looking at my dad and wondering how he was standing there, drying the dishes, and still asking us to try to drink a bit of juice. I think that's when I realized that parents have to do stuff even when they're tired. As an adult, my husband hadn't learned this lesson. So I stopped doing stuff too. I said, "I'm tired too. I've done _______ all day, it was a lot of work." And then when he got on the computer, I said, "I'm going to bed. Since you're still up, can you load the dishwasher." And he did it. The next day he whined about being really tired, and I just said, yes, it's tiring parenting, isn't it?

They are too tired for the household chores but not with their leisure. I think that's just normal, I feel the same way sometimes. When my husband is too lazy to help me out in the chores, I'd tell him I won't wash his clothes and just throw all them in the waste basket, and tell him that he needed to buy new clothes. Or I'd ask him to choose which chores he prefers to do. If he chose the easy ones, then there's no reason for him not to do it.

Obviously your husband prefers his video games to washing the dishes - and I can't blame him. He is addicted however and this may be the real reason why he says he is tired. He is definitely not getting enough sleep because of this late night habit. It is said that we always find time to do the things we want to do, it is true too that we find the energy to do the things we want to do as well. You need to ease him away from the computer and get him to have some early nights, he may then become more aware of what is going on around him.

I think he just like to escape from work and interested for games and sitting on his comfort.

I am hyperactive. I move around a lot especially in our huge house. There seems to be no end to the day-to-day chores I need to finish each day..alone..as no person would like to work as househelp because I have two huge dogs..inside the house. I have a husband who grew up knowing nothing when it comes to house chores. I can certainly and honestly relate to you. I should be the one complaining of tiredness, instead, he would always express he is tired and yet, he spends the whole night and even the whole day just sitting in front of the computer. Maybe, he gets tired of asking me to bring him his food, some water, etc. Well, in fairness, he mountain bikes, so he gets tired. He cleans the car, so he gets tired. He brings the trash outside the house, so he gets tired. Is he always tired? I don't think so. He just avoids helping me with the chores.