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To ask if you have your Sat morning cuppa with or without your DH/DP

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WhatwouldStevieNicksthink · 25/01/2025 08:46

Ignore the poll - I don't know how to disable it!

Was chatting to a chum and she said she loved starting the weekend with a cup of tea in bed with her DH.

Not us! DH brings me a coffee then goes downstairs to have his whilst reading his book.

I scroll mindlessly through MN. What about you?

(I never say chum or cuppa in RL!)

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Newfoundzestforlife · 25/01/2025 17:31

JudgeBread · 25/01/2025 09:46

I mean I enjoy living a varied life but if routine is what does it for you more power to you.

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You can live a "varied life" having had your usual morning cup of tea y'know...🤣

Gwenhwyfar · 25/01/2025 14:43

FoxInTheForest · 25/01/2025 14:32

Maybe it's regional, but I've found it's the standard word for either in workplaces or with friends. Eg "who wants a cuppa" if putting the kettle on and people will say either "yeah ill have a tea/coffee". Basically a quick way of finding out how many cups are needed and how much water to put on.

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I see it as mainly being tea, but both can be understood, in the same way that if someone asks me to go for coffee with them I agree, even though I'll be having a cup of tea.

FoxInTheForest · 25/01/2025 14:32

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 25/01/2025 10:27

Really? I always think of a cuppa as specifically tea (although I don't say it). For some reason I'd mostly say 'a cup of tea', but just 'a coffee' rather than 'a cup of coffee'. Maybe that's just me though!

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Maybe it's regional, but I've found it's the standard word for either in workplaces or with friends. Eg "who wants a cuppa" if putting the kettle on and people will say either "yeah ill have a tea/coffee". Basically a quick way of finding out how many cups are needed and how much water to put on.

Alarae · 25/01/2025 13:44

Well I don't drink tea or coffee, so that rules it out, but in any case DH and I swap off who gets up with DD every day. Means we both get a lie in bed at the weekend. DH brings me waffles in bed, I bring him a big cup of tea.

luckylavender · 25/01/2025 13:24

No food or drink in bedrooms in my house

Chemenger · 25/01/2025 13:19

Neither of us talks in the morning. He gets up and has his coffee in the living room, I take mine back to bed.

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 25/01/2025 13:14

NotaRealHousewife · 25/01/2025 11:35

Who drinks this muck called tea??? It should always be coffee!

Coffee is ok. Tea is far superior.

123456abcdef · 25/01/2025 12:54

In bed with my coffee. Don’t care if dh is in bed or downstairs as long as he doesn’t talk to me until I’ve finished my first coffee!

Longma · 25/01/2025 12:26

As a youngster I always dreamt of having a teasmaid next to my bed to have an early cup of tea.

Years later I have a husband who takes on the role each weekend/holiday.

Mermaidsarereal · 25/01/2025 12:24

I get up mega early on a Saturday because my body is used to it for work, and DH works a lot of night shifts so doesn't usually get up until 11ish on a Saturday so I'm already up and about by the time he wakes up!

Judystilldreamsofhorses · 25/01/2025 12:18

I tend to wake up first, feed the cat and sort the litter tray if necessary, then bring a cup of tea back to bed. Usually the cat will join us, and then DP wakes and makes the second cup. Today he’s off to meet a friend for lunch before football, and I have an eyebrow appointment at 2.30, so me and the cat are still in bed with the electric blanket on, on about the fourth cup of tea. (No children.)

Shoxfordian · 25/01/2025 12:14

Love breakfast in bed with the papers and the husband at the weekend

Flomingho · 25/01/2025 11:57

Usually have our first coffee of the day together. DH brings me it in bed and then we will chat and watch TV.

NotaRealHousewife · 25/01/2025 11:56

@Boredlass noooooo

SaltAndVinegarRiceCake · 25/01/2025 11:56

No way, first cup of tea to be enjoyed in silence and in peace.

toomanydicksonthedancefloor1 · 25/01/2025 11:56

I get up, leave DH in bed, make us both a coffee and take his up. Sometimes I have mine in bed with him, other times I drink it in the kitchen while sorting washing, dishwasher etc.

Waitingfordoggo · 25/01/2025 11:55

I have mine on my own cause I get up early to go to work.

But DH and I sometimes have a lie-in during the week as we both work odd hours/self employed so sometimes have a cuppa together in bed on a weekday morning.

Calua · 25/01/2025 11:54

Boredlass · 25/01/2025 11:51

I hate coffee. It’s disgusting

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Same, DP drinks it but the taste is disgusting, I'll never understand its popularity! I don't like sugar in hot drinks, but I think the only way I could drink coffee, if I somehow had to, would be if it was laden with so much sugar the sweetness drowned out the coffee taste.

SnidelyWhiplash · 25/01/2025 11:54

Not a thing in our house. My husband drinks coffee and I don’t. I might drink tea once or twice a month. He’s up and showered and out with the dog before I’m even awake. Then I’m at the gym before he’s back. So our weekend mornings are spent entirely separate!

Ratri · 25/01/2025 11:54

Cookingdisaster · 25/01/2025 11:47

Coffee in the morning, tea in the afternoon.

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This is my philosophy. While I would love to be the kind of person who can drink coffee after dinner, or have an affogato for dessert when in a restaurant, in reality drinking coffee at any point after about 2 pm affects my sleep, which is chancy at the best of times.

Boredlass · 25/01/2025 11:51

NotaRealHousewife · 25/01/2025 11:35

Who drinks this muck called tea??? It should always be coffee!

I hate coffee. It’s disgusting

Boredlass · 25/01/2025 11:50

boulevardofbrokendreamss · 25/01/2025 09:22

Cuppa makes me feel sick.

Ffs. Really? How do you get through life?

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WhatwouldStevieNicksthink · 25/01/2025 11:49

I don't like tea but I love the image of sitting up in bed with a tray holding a teapot, cup and saucer, silver spoon and a toast rack.

Think Lady Mary in Downton Abbey!

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GLC789 · 25/01/2025 11:48

Ahhhhh I miss my quiet morning cuppa and a chapter of my book.

I now have a Luke warm/cold cuppa while my 9month old climbs all over me x

Cookingdisaster · 25/01/2025 11:47

NotaRealHousewife · 25/01/2025 11:35

Who drinks this muck called tea??? It should always be coffee!

Coffee in the morning, tea in the afternoon.

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