Last night, 4h30AM, went to the bathroom.

Last night, 4h30AM, went to the bathroom. Through my window I saw the neigh's bathroom window with the light on. Mine was not. Unlsss there's an emergency, I don't turn on lights during sleep time. I can walk in the almost dark, and I sit down anyways, so I don't even have to aim too much. Do you?

Incidentally, we taught our kids and they never developed fear of the dark.

@mdione the posters on the wall of the hospital I was in some years ago for routine surgery, and the materials they gave me when I left the hospital are screaming at you “no! no! don't do that! don't teach people to do that! turning the light on when moving around the house is important to prevent accidents!”

(to be fair, it's important not to do that when you're old, or otherwise unstable on your legs, say, because you have stitches right across your belly, but I suspect it's hard to get out of the habit when the time comes)

(also, it's easy for me to say this, since I'm not really bothered by reasonable levels of light¹ during the night)

¹ like a bedside light for reading, or a regular light a couple of rooms over. I wouldn't want somebody to turn on the amount of lights I use for crafting over my face while asleep :D