Man starts sleeping in car after 32-year-old wife goes through a noisy "phase": 'My wife won’t stop playing whale sounds'

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Mar 24, 2025 11:00 AM EDT

Whale whale whale, what do we have here? It's a story about trying to get proper sleep at any cost, which is way easier said than done. 

There are so many things that can keep you from getting a good night's snooze. Maybe you have too much coffee or soda during the day to stave off the 3 pm sleepies, only to have it backfire when you're laying there awake at 3 am, regretting those choices. Maybe you have an old mattress that makes your back hurt really badly, and that's what keeps you up at night. Perhaps, like me, you have a bunch of noisy neighbors or rowdy businesses that blast music at all hours, keeping you from getting that much-needed shut-eye. Not to mention those of you who have kids, which almost guarantees you won't get a solid 8 hours for like a decade. 

No matter what reason you have for missing out on sleep, you'll never be able to top this person's story. You can have a whale of a time reading the entire story below, as well as comments from people who just couldn't believe what was going on. 

Next, read the story of a cottage-dwelling seaplane owner who needs to defend their seaplane from some local HOA members: '[I] told them I have no intention of changing anything.'

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    Okay, so this is weird, but I need to know if I'm in the wrong here. My wife (32F) has recently gotten. really into whale sounds. It started as something she played while working from home, and I didn't mind. Then, she started listening to them while doing chores, cooking, and even during dinner. Again, fine I figured it was a phase.
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    But then she started playing them at night. I mean, full blast, speakers on either side of the bed, deep ocean whale calls echoing through our room like we're sleeping at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. She says it helps her relax and feel "connected to nature." The problem is, I can't sleep through it. I've tried earplugs, but I swear I can still hear them. I wake up to haunting, eerie moaning sounds and feel like I'm in some kind of deep-sea horror movie.
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    I asked if she could at least lower the volume, or use headphones. She refused, saying the sound needs to "fill the room" for the full effect. I even tried playing my own "relaxing" noises to balance it out rain sounds, white noise but she said they "ruin the purity of the ocean experience."
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    After weeks of this, I finally snapped and just started sleeping in my car. I parked it in our driveway, reclined the seat, and actually got my first full night of sleep in weeks. Now she's furious, saying I'm "abandoning our bed" over something trivial and making her feel guilty for trying to create a peaceful home environment. I told her I'd happily come back if we could compromise on the whale sounds, but she says I'm being
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    selfish and "refusing to understand her needs." So, AITA for choosing my car over the call of the wild?
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    People simply could not believe this guy's whale of a problem

    MrsHyd3 Hi, is this a joke?
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    pizza_col_cazzo OP I wish it was man
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    MissFibi11 Plot twist, OP is the only one who can hear the whale sounds and his wife is watching him slowly go mad as she tries to drone them out with a completely different type of music.
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    This person couldn't resist joking with the sleepless dude

    Slight-Leg9635 Dunno, she's being mean on porpoise. Must really hurt your sole to be driven out of your plaice. Don't clam up, I'm urchin you to stop her musseling in on your sleep.
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    WarZone2028 I speak whale, would you like me to translate?
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    Prollynotafed Teeeellll heeer tooooo00 geeeettttt tthheee fuuuuuuck oouuut. I typed this in whale in case she reads it.
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    spytez Make a deal with her. 4 days a week she gets to listen to whales 24 hours a day, and for 3 days a week you get to listen to Norwegian death metal 24 hours a day.
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    Away-Understan... NTA. She can't hijack the bedroom. Like you said she could wear headphones. She needs to be a better partner and compromise on this.
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    Electronic_Sens... NTA. Background noise/white noise is optional. She can control what she listens, how loud and how she listens to it. Its not a medical thing, she doesn't HAVE to have it on full blast on speaker. Its not like snoring, where its done unconsciously. She is being inconsiderate of your SHARED space. Claim your shared space.
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