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To think that it's abnormal to not remember turning off your alarm clock?

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NotAnotherUser123 · 24/06/2017 12:19

Had to get up at 5am today to travel to a wedding eve pre-preparation, and I ended up being 4 hours late. I might have had a particularly rough night last night, but I am 100% positive I set 3 (!!) alarms for the appropriate time (2 on one phone, one on another). The problem is I have absolutely no recollection of turning them off! Surely this isn't normal? Confused

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Nicknacky · 24/06/2017 12:20

I do it all the time. Don't think it's abnormal at all!

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ProudBadMum · 24/06/2017 12:20

It is. I've done it many times, also forgotten to set the alarm and instead typed it into the calculator Confused

That happened not long after having a baby Grin

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LRDtheFeministDragon · 24/06/2017 12:20

Unfortunately I think it's completely normal!

If you're very tired, you can do this. Do you often get up at 5am? If not, I can totally see how you'd manage to turn alarms off while still basically asleep. Sorry.

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Redsippycup · 24/06/2017 12:23

I have to put the alarm on the other side of the room so i actually have to get out of bed, otherwise i switch it off in my sleep.

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Alison100199 · 24/06/2017 12:25

Nope. Not normal at all in this household. I can't imagine missing or turning off one alarm let alone three. But then I'm a very light sleeper. Hope you apologised profusely when you were four hours late.

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NotAnotherUser123 · 24/06/2017 12:42

Sorry but ProudBadMum the thing about the calculator made me laugh! I'm usually up around 8 (perks of being in walking distance to my office) so definitely not used to being up this early. And Alison turns out the timing my Aunt gave me was a "recommended time"... Everyone is here but no one is doing anything other than taking pictures for instagram LOL. Wine

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1mouse2 · 24/06/2017 12:45

I once managed to alter both my alarm clocks in my sleep! Dh came in to ask if I was getting up and when I checked my alarms they were set for totally random times!

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vikingprincess81 · 24/06/2017 13:07

Haha yes!!! All the time! One thing that's helped is my Fitbit - it vibrates on your wrist when you set alarms on it. Helps wake me up. me telling it to F off at 6am was an added extra Grin BlushHalo

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kmc1111 · 24/06/2017 13:13

I do this all the time. I've even managed to get up, turn off a blaring alarm across the room, then go straight back to sleep with no memory of ever being up.

The phone alarms where you have to take a picture of something or shake the phone a bunch of times usually keep me awake, but if I'm really tired and DH isn't there there's always a good chance I'll just sleep through the noise.

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NotAnotherUser123 · 24/06/2017 13:16

vikingprincess81 Ooh I've never thought of using my fitbit as an alarm - might try it out the next time I've got to be up early! My phones' alarms for this morning had the vibration switched on too though, so I'm not too sure anything barring cold water to the face would've gotten me into a stage of consciousness. Blush

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NotAnotherUser123 · 24/06/2017 13:18

kmc1111 I've never heard of that! What's the name of that app?

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Xmasbaby11 · 24/06/2017 13:19

I do it all the time.

As pp said, fitbit vibrating is more reliable alarm and also gentler!

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DorotheaBeale · 24/06/2017 13:23

I leave the landing light on when I go to bed. Sometimes in the morning I find it's been turned off. I assume I must have gone to the loo in the night and turned it off then, if it was light or getting light. But I have no memory of it.

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vikingprincess81 · 24/06/2017 13:24

Haha! We've all been there, especially those of us who sleep deeply/have had a rough night. I find my Fitbit feels quite annoying and it seems to vibrate a second or so before the alarm goes off, so it wakes me up enough to hear the alarm. Cold water may be the next step!! GrinHaloShock

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BlurryFace · 24/06/2017 13:30

I'm great at turning my alarm off and going back to sleep with no memory of doing it. In fact, if I wake up, do or say something then drift off again I usually have no memory of it. DH is confounded by it.

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RebootYourEngine · 24/06/2017 13:33

This isnt normal to me but then i am a morning person and a light sleeper.

I have to get up before 5am for work.

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Sashkin · 24/06/2017 13:40

Yep, totally normal. I've also "answered" my alarm thinking it was a phone call, and "snoozed" actual phone calls thinking they were my alarm.

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VestalVirgin · 24/06/2017 13:48

Totally normal.

If I absolutely have to get up at a specific time, I place the alarm clock in a place I have to walk to.

Next to the bed, if I am still very tired, I will turn it off and go back to sleep.

Though if you have to drive, it is safer to get enough sleep you actually get up when you hear the alarm clock!

It only happens to me when I got only like three hours of sleep.

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WoofWoofMooWoof · 24/06/2017 13:54

Happens to me all the time as well! I usually set around 5 alarms on my phone about 8 minutes apart (as the snooze is every 5 mins). I usually manage to wake up from the annoyance at the 5th alarm lol.

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JaneJeffer · 24/06/2017 14:04

Completely normal for me! Also can have the alarm going for ages and not hear a thing.

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ScarlettFreestone · 24/06/2017 14:09

Completely normal.

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Witchend · 24/06/2017 14:11

Dh, I didn't know you were on mn!Grin

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DandelionAndBedrock · 24/06/2017 14:13

I can sleep through DP coming in from work, having dinner and getting ready for bed and climbing in next to me. Definitely put your phone out of reach. I have an old fashioned metal alarm clock that is truly terrifying when it wakes you up. I have it set for 10 minutes after my phone alarm so I get up with my phone and then turn the scary one off before it starts to ring. It means if I sleep through my phone I know I will still wake up.

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NotAnotherUser123 · 24/06/2017 14:15

Thank goodness for MN! Was starting to think I was an utter weirdo because all 3 of my cousins are firmly in the "surely you won't be able to go back to sleep after hearing the alarm ring for the first time" camp! Grin

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BarryTheKestrel · 24/06/2017 14:17

Totally normal. Rare in my house these days, DD normally wakes me up, but both me and DH have been known to turn alarms off and not remember doing it.

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