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To stop waking him up?

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Spacebabe · 06/10/2024 12:08

DH regularly asks me to wake him at a certain time e.g 9am/9:30 latest (earlier in the week) but doesn’t get up when I wake him and just goes back to sleep. If I then go back and wake him again saying ‘it’s 10am, you said you wanted to get up 9:30 latest’ he gets annoyed and says I am pressurising him. Full disclosure we do have a general issue where I would rather get up earlier and get started when we do things together and he prefers to sleep in which causes arguments - but on a day when we don’t have plans until later (or he is just getting up for work) if he asks me to wake him shouldn’t he get up when I do or at least not complain? I am considering just telling him I won’t do it any more, not in a sulky way but as a boundary. We don’t have kids though and hope to at some stage, at which point I might regret saying I’m never going to wake him up if I have to live with the consequences. There are MH related reasons why he sleeps late so although imo not a healthy coping mechanism I don’t want to be too harsh. Thank you

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Spacebabe · 06/10/2024 12:20

Thank you. I should have said he sleeps through alarms even very loud and going off repeatedly which is why he asks me. It also drives me nuts hearing his alarm!

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Aligirlbear · 06/10/2024 12:14

DH is an adult. You have done what he asked wake him up at a certain time - you don’t need to follow up - his choice if he continues to sleep.

Solution - get him to set an alarm and manage his own waking time, that way no discussions or misunderstandings, he manages his own time. 🙂

TulipCat · 06/10/2024 12:12

It isn't a hotel and you aren't his waking up butler . Tell him to get an alarm clock like a normal adult.

Mrsttcno1 · 06/10/2024 12:12

coffeesaveslives · 06/10/2024 12:09

He's an adult - he can set an alarm if he wants to be up at a certain time.

Yep this.

That way it’s the alarm that takes the “just woke up irritation” rather than you.

Ibloodylovetea · 06/10/2024 12:11

coffeesaveslives · 06/10/2024 12:09

He's an adult - he can set an alarm if he wants to be up at a certain time.

This

WhatNoRaisins · 06/10/2024 12:10

I wouldn't be prepared to do that for an adult. He needs his own coping strategies, maybe with advice from a professional.

coffeesaveslives · 06/10/2024 12:09

He's an adult - he can set an alarm if he wants to be up at a certain time.

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