Does your spouse or SO do this?

[Stepharoonie!]

Oh my goodness, one of these days, I'm gonna kill him.

I have to get up for work between 6-6:15 every morning. I make sure that I'm extra quiet, and when my alarm goes off, I do NOT hit snooze (as much as I want to!) just so I won't disturb my DH. I get ready completely in the bathroom, and keep it down as much as possible. He usually does not have to get up for work until about 8 a.m.

Of course, the days he DOES have to get up early...heh. I wanna kill him. Like today.

Today is a RARE day where I do not have to be at work until 8:30 a.m. I set my alarm for 7. At 6, his alarm starts going off...and off...and off...and off...until I finally smacked him and asked if he was getting up. "Yeah, yeah, hang on..." he mumbles, and finally walks over to the other side of the room where the alarm is, and hits snooze.

He does this from 6 to 6:40. By 6:40, I want to scream, because sleeping in is a rarity for me. At 6:40, he gets up and starts turning on the lights. Uh, HELLO! I'm still sleeping! I'm starting to get mean now, because my sleep is ruined and he's tromping around like a bull in a china shop. Oh, now it's time to sing off key, LOUDLY, in the shower. Hmm...time to put the socks on while sitting and the end of the bed, playing with the cat.

AHHHHHHHH!!

I ended up re-setting my alarm for 7:30. He leaves, I settle back into bed thinking I'm going to get a LITTLE more sleep....then my phone rings. It's my Mom, wanting to tell me about her t.v. she just bought.

Oy.

Anyone else have someone who doesn't realize that you're super quiet when they're sleeping....but can't do it for you??

 

[holycow]

My DH does the same thing! Except he opens the curtains and the windows too! all I can say is Gotta Love'm!


Holycow

 

[Tantor]

Oh ya....DH hits the snooze button at least 5 times before he gets up and by then I'm wide awake. Then he has the gull to ask me *How come your up so early?*
MEN

 

[JunieJay]

DH woke me up yesterday morning to tell me he was going to get a cup of coffee..... The night before he woke me up at midnight to tell me he was going to get orange peels for the turkey. Why he thought I'd be the slightest bit interested in his whereabouts when I'm in a dead sleep I'll never know.

 

[MushyMushy]

My DH and I are so incompatible in the mornings! He's the exact same way as your DH when I get to sleep in.

The latest thing, though, really gets to me. Before when I was a SAHM, I was there to facilitate everybody's morning. Now that I have to get up and going, I've made it clear to him that he needs to help me a bit (feeding the animals, taking out trash, gathering up whatever, etc.). What he does is lie in bed with the snooze all morning, and then get up at the last possible minute, too rushed to help me out. Then to make it worse, he'll put the job on one of the kids, which will make US late.

And while I'm ranting in your rant (sorry), why can he never take the kids to school? Their school is right on his way to work! My school is in the opposite direction. He hates that there is a line in the drop-off lane for the kids, but I've timed it and it only takes 3 minutes. He somehow has time every morning to sit in McDonald's drive through.

Anyway, I feel your pain. Carry on with your regularly scheduled rant.

 

[NewJersey]

DH woke me up yesterday morning to tell me he was going to get a cup of coffee..... The night before he woke me up at midnight to tell me he was going to get orange peels for the turkey. Why he thought I'd be the slightest bit interested in his whereabouts when I'm in a dead sleep I'll never know.

My bf is very considerate whenever we spend the night with eachother, but for some reason whenever he gets up in the middle of night or early AM to go to the bathroom he jumps straight up and like bounces off the bed so each time I think it's something serious since he all of a sudden decides to JUMP!

It's like hello? where is the fire?

 

[icebrat001]

DP knows better, she tried that a few years ago, actually expected me to wake up when she gets up. But then for a week I woke up early and gave her a taste of her own medicine.

That problem was fixed nice and quick!

 

[Stepharoonie!]

And while I'm ranting in your rant (sorry), why can he never take the kids to school? Their school is right on his way to work! My school is in the opposite direction. He hates that there is a line in the drop-off lane for the kids, but I've timed it and it only takes 3 minutes. He somehow has time every morning to sit in McDonald's drive through.

Anyway, I feel your pain. Carry on with your regularly scheduled rant.

AMEN TO THAT!!

My dd's school is right around the corner, and I feel so badly that I have to get her up with me...she stays at school from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. everyday. I've asked DH to take her to school so she can get dropped off later (8:45 to 5 isn't nearly as bad), but he says it's out of his way and he doesn't have time. Uhhh...yes, you do. It's within walking distance to our home!

Men

 

[JNorris]

My DH does this too. He says it's because he's not used to having someone still sleeping while he's up (he works in DC, but we live in SC, so he is gone alot). But the truth is, when he was at home full time, he did it then too! Every door or cabinet door he opens, he pulls open with enough force to pull it off the hinges, and then SLAMS it shut! He also can't stay in the bathroom until he is ready. You know, get up, walk around the house, get in the shower, come out of the bathroom and walk around the house, go dry his hair, go walk around the house, open EVERY drawer looking for something to wear, SLAM every drawer shut...you get the picture. Then, anytime I stir like I'm turning over, he TALKS to me (Good Morning!), and I'm like DON'T TALK TO ME!

 

[SandraVB79]

I had that happen last year when I was on skiing vacation with my brother and his gf. We were sharing one room.
One night, I went to a party, and they didn't want to join me. Before leaving, I made sure everything I would need when coming back to the room was IN the bathroom, so that I didn't have to look for pj's, contact solution, ... I came home from party, only turned the light in the bathroom on, was quiet, ... They didn't notice a thing.

Day after. They go to a party, I stayed in the room. When I went to sleep, I left their bed lights on. They come back in the room, turn on ALL the lights, are laughing, talking, ... They have nothing prepared in the bathroom, so they have to go over the whole room to find their stuff. Of course, I am wide awake. thanks a lot...

 

[Becky2005]

We solved this problem -- sort of -- DH has his own room (in the basement) I never have to worry about his alarm waking me up. Now if we could just get his cat to stop meowing at the top of her lungs at "way too early to be up" hours we will be fine (I think she still misses our other kitty...she only started doing this after Bandit died. It used to be constantly but now is less & it's LOUD...she has woken me up from a sleep while she wasn't even in the same level of the house.)

Of course, for a while there the kids were having to be up before him & good luck getting 4 kids to be quiet while they are getting ready for school. It's not going to happen.

He just got a new job so now leaves before the kids even have to be up. He doesn't intentionally do it but I still hear him up & about shutting cabinet doors, getting his lunch ready, etc...

 

[almacdonald]

Someone really ought to sell "snooze-less" alarm clocks. I'd buy my boyfriend one. I despise the snooze button. ARGH!!!!

 

[hlbtimes2]

Yes, mine does that too. I think a lot of it is because I'm usually gone in the morning by time he gets up. He is not in the habit of getting ready quietly.

 

[Stepharoonie!]

So..update on this a little.

He called me to say good morning, and I asked him (niiiiicely) to please be a little more quiet in the mornings. He told me that I was too sensitive to sounds!! What?! When you're tromping around like you're running a marathon, yodeling at the top of your lungs, and wrestling with the cat, I would say anyone would be "sensitive" to that.

Sheesh

 

[powellrj]

my DH usually goes to work at about 4:30. He is in sales so he really doesn't have a schedule so some days he can sleep late. What does he do..... Keeps the alarm set for 3:38 and then says he will go back to sleep for a couple of hours when it goes off. Those are the morning I could smack him!

 

[jwsqrdplus2]

My favorite is when DH has to get up at 4:30 or 5 to catch a plane, then forgets to turn the alram off, so the next morning it goes off again!!! Ugh! But overall, I cannot complain. He does stay in the bathroom or closet (huge walk in) to get ready. My only real issue is on the days we both have to work, he does nothing to help with the kids!

 

[FluffyPumpkin78]

Either dh is REALLY quiet when he gets up in the morning, or I am a heavy sleeper, because I rarely hear him in the morning, and we live in a small house.

He gets up around 5 am every morning and actually wakes up before the alarm goes off. He manages a restaurant, so he usually wears chef whites to work. He keeps all of his jackets and pants in the hall closet, and usually pulls his underwear and socks before he goes to bed.

He didi wake me up this morning, but that was because I asked him to, so I could hit the BF sales!

To be fair, on his day off, I let him sleep in (usually until 9 am or so) and close our bedroom door so ds won't siturb him.

 

[aprilgail2]

I hate the snooze button! I just don't see the point in waking up, hitting the snooze button so you can sleep for 8 more minutes! It makes me mroe tired waking up every 8 minutes than if I just got up the first time. Just set the alarm for hte time you want to get up, it goes off and you get up......

 

[PeterPanette]

My DH does this too. He says it's because he's not used to having someone still sleeping while he's up (he works in DC, but we live in SC, so he is gone alot). But the truth is, when he was at home full time, he did it then too! Every door or cabinet door he opens, he pulls open with enough force to pull it off the hinges, and then SLAMS it shut! He also can't stay in the bathroom until he is ready. You know, get up, walk around the house, get in the shower, come out of the bathroom and walk around the house, go dry his hair, go walk around the house, open EVERY drawer looking for something to wear, SLAM every drawer shut...you get the picture. Then, anytime I stir like I'm turning over, he TALKS to me (Good Morning!), and I'm like DON'T TALK TO ME!

This is SCARY!! I don't think your husband works in DC. I think he's here, being MY husband whenever he tells you he's in DC .....because this is EXACTLY how mine behaves!

SLAM! CRASH! BANG!! Time to sit on the bed and clean his ears with a q-tip.

BANG BANG BANG!! Time to sit on the bed and violently towel dry his hair for antoher 3 solid minutes, immediately followed by a raucous game of snapping the wet towel at the cats.

And, I have had to say "Don't talk to me!" at least a zillion times.

And, I made him completely get rid of the alarm clock a couple years ago, due to the fact that he would set it to "wake by radio", and could only get it to tune in to a really cheesy station, and I was sure that the neighbors were as tired as I was of the Bee Gees singing the full version "Jive Talkin'" at full blast every morning.

 

[Stitchfans]

My DH tries to be quiet, but he can't help it. Since he is heavy smoker he is constantly hacking, and he stomps around like a herd of elephants. Plus not to mention the bathroom light shining into the bedroom. I get up close the bedroom door only to have one of our cats open it up on me. She can't stand for any doors to be closed. So much for sleeping in our home.