Students who are constantly awake after midnight are a unique breed. We’re often seen midnight snacking or complaining about early tutes with a triple-shot latte in hand.

Here are some of the struggles that only true night owls can relate to.

#1 8am Classes Are Impossible

8am classes should not be an option for 9am risers. If early birds had to take a class at 4am, they’d probably complain too. For the unlucky ones among us who have been blessed with compulsory attendance 8am classes, they will probably have to set at least 10 alarms to ensure they aren’t late.

#2 Getting Called Lazy

Please stop calling us lazy. Contrary to popular assumption, we’re not actually over-sleepers who refuse to get out of bed — it’s just that we sleep and wake at different times of the day.

While most early birds have productive mornings, we’re most productive when it’s dark. We get all our housework done late at night, we go to the gym at 9pm instead of 5am, and we study at 11pm because that’s when we’re most focussed.

#3 Breakfast Doesn’t Exist

Don’t freak out when we say that we haven’t had any breakfast yet. It’s not that we’re skipping a meal — it’s just most likely that we have our first meal of the day when you’re having your second. On the upside, we get brunch, two dinners and midnight snacks every single day. Ha!

#4 We Can’t Go Out For Dinner

By the time we’re starting to get a bit peckish and don’t really feel like slaving away in the kitchen, chances are that most of the restaurants are closed and, sadly, gourmet Indian food isn’t an option. We’re often seen dressed up and lookin’ cute for a date to Dominos or McDonalds.

#5 We Have To Be Quiet

As a night owl, we can’t even brush our teeth without getting told to be quiet. We are also quite the risky shower-takers, given that they often have to be had in darkness due to our early bird of a roommate’s “no light after 10pm” policy. Oh and forget about the ultimate surround-sound Netflix experience – flimsy earphones and a tiny phone screen is a part of our nightly cinematic routine.

On the plus side – we evolve to be excellent quiet people, like, really excellent. We have spent the majority of our time learning how to tiptoe, type, dress, juggle, lip-sync and cook wedding cakes in silence.

#6 We Become Accidentally Anti-Social

We are that friend who shows up on a night out by the time everyone else is getting tired and ready to head home. It isn’t so nice to be ditched 20 minutes and one drink into the night, so we generally end up just not going out anymore and consequently become homebodies. It’s also hard for us to ever grab a meal with friends since we usually lunch at 4pm and have dinner 10pm.

Yes, there are some struggles that are all-too-real for us night owls, but it also comes with some awesome perks. Come to the dark-side, we promise the midnight snacks are great.

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