It seems to me that until their body clock breaks, they can't get any relief... doug's body clock is finally broken after all these years and he can come home after working 9 days, go to bed around 10, get up around 10 and be hunky dory until he goes back to work...
sometimes he'll have bouts of nighttime that he can't sleep and will stay up to 2 or 3AM but it's not overly often where it affects his daytime attitude.
so they'll get used to it after a *long* while. But it does tend to affect everything....there are a lot of things that i can't get done because i need him involved and he's either not interested or has his own things to do...so i'm starting to take on tasks myself (like replacing the water heater, fix it things) and just get them done without his knowledge or needing him there.
The sex life does change as well... i've found that if you change it up some (different time of day...different location...half hour after eating (that way, hunger is saturated)...when nothing else is on the brain) it can help. it's still hard to "schedule" it but if you have to, schedule it like parents do. maybe remind him that the best type of relief out there is typically found after some *fun* and he'll sleep so much better too...heck, if you're really having "opposite schedule" month, turn your sex life into tryst life and make it quickie like per se
