Put my son to bed last night and told him sleep is just a trial for death. Wife shot me a look and told me to get out of the room. I said okay I'm leaving, don't want to be around for the existential crisis I just caused. He cried laughing though so I'm calling it a win. Parenting is weird man.
Dude that's hilarious. My wife hates when I do the dark humor stuff with bedtime too. I tried explaining it's just honesty but apparently 8 year olds don't need existential dread at 8pm.
LOL my wife would have given me the same look. Though honestly I've said weirder stuff in the dark when I'm half asleep. Kids don't remember it anyway.
That's hilarious. I made a similar joke to my 6 year old about how sleep is basically practice for naps in the afterlife. Mom was not amused but the kid laughed and went to bed without fighting so I call that a win.
Ha, the look. I know that look. I made a similar joke about my oldest being a zombie in the morning and got the exact same death stare from my wife. Apparently we're not supposed to traumatize them before sleep.
This made me laugh way too hard. The fact that you actually said that and committed to it while getting the wife eye of death is peak dad energy.
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Dark dad humor is absolutely necessary for survival. Your wife will get over it. If you can't make existential jokes at bedtime then what's even the point of being a parent.