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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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JudgeBread · 25/01/2025 09:45

BitOutOfPractice · 25/01/2025 08:59

Depends what we’ve got on and where we have to be. On a quiet weekend like this, yes we do. Is that a problem?

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No, why so touchy?

SallyWD · 25/01/2025 09:45

GoodVibesHere · 25/01/2025 08:49

I have my cuppa in bed while DH potters about downstairs. I enjoy the peace.

Same, DH brings me a cuppa in bed and I enjoy the solitude.

CoffeeCakeAndALattePlease · 25/01/2025 09:44

Our DC are 5 and 9, so they do wake up early, but old enough to understand that we would like a lie-in.

We love a family lie-in, DH and I read the news on our phones, DC watch a film on our tv, breakfast in bed, all nattering on and off and having cuddles.

I try to avoid Saturday morning plans unless absolutely necessary. Rather chill out then do stuff in the afternoon.

Moresettingsplease · 25/01/2025 09:43

Nespressso · 25/01/2025 09:18

Threads like these make me realise how different my life is to most people
on here. Despite being a parenting site most people on here get to have a “cuppa” in peace! Where are all those who get woken at 6am and wrestle through breakfast and mess and chaos, whilst there coffee gets cold?

ps I hate the word cuppa.

When my children were little, they'd pile into our bed with us for a bit for chat and stories and nursery rhymes etc. One parent would get the tea, which we'd drink in bed. Trying not to spill it with three bouncy kids about. Loved it! Miss those days. The parents i know now with young kids seem to take it in turns for a lie in, so one takes them downstairs. I preferred it our way!

BruisedNeckMeat · 25/01/2025 09:43

namechangeGOT · 25/01/2025 09:35

Every Saturday morning our 13 year old goes and makes the teas and brings them up! We have them in bed watching the news and said 13 year old sits at the bottom of the bed swigging his tea!

DH plays golf early most Saturdays so my tea is also brought up by DS13! He’s incredibly sweet and well trained.

AlteredStater · 25/01/2025 09:42

I'm an early riser and DP isn't so I always have my cuppa on my own, then later make him one which he has in bed whilst trying to wake up!

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WhatwouldStevieNicksthink · 25/01/2025 09:41

We're empty nesters now with DD at university but when she was small, DH would get up with her at the weekends and bring me a coffee in bed. He lives to serve 😊

He has brought me a second coffee and a round of toast before he headed out to the gym.

Think I'll have a shower and walk the dog.

In a bit!

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Differentstarts · 25/01/2025 09:41

Always alone before kids and partner get up. I don't like people when I first wake up i need 20 minutes.

ChicLilacSeal · 25/01/2025 09:41

WhatwouldStevieNicksthink · 25/01/2025 09:34

We have our morning brew together

Be careful - I suspect the word brew might inflame the fragile in the same way cuppa does.

Agree. And for God's sake, no one say "cup of char". 🙈 😂

Vettrianofan · 25/01/2025 09:40

No chance of drinking tea in peace with small DC at home!

ChicLilacSeal · 25/01/2025 09:39

BunnyLake · 25/01/2025 09:17

I’m single too but still love my morning cuppa (yes I use that word in RL), coffee not tea, and toast, in bed every single morning. I’ll watch a bit of Youtube while having it. Even though I am single and my kids are grown it stills feels like a treat and the best part of the day.

I'm single too. I have my toast and tea in a warm bath in the mornings. Bliss!

namechangeGOT · 25/01/2025 09:38

@Moresettingsplease

Ha! It's the only thing he does 🤣

DuesToTheDirt · 25/01/2025 09:38

Without, usually. He gets up later than me, and neither of us wants food or drink in bed. As I type, I've been up for an hour and he's still in bed.

FenywHysbys · 25/01/2025 09:38

Together. We get up at 7am every day (including weekends) as we both care for my disabled dad…

Moresettingsplease · 25/01/2025 09:37

namechangeGOT · 25/01/2025 09:35

Every Saturday morning our 13 year old goes and makes the teas and brings them up! We have them in bed watching the news and said 13 year old sits at the bottom of the bed swigging his tea!

Now that is one properly trained child 😂

Moresettingsplease · 25/01/2025 09:36

Varies in my house

Fibrous · 25/01/2025 09:36

He brings me coffee and porridge in bed listening to 6 music. Sometimes he sits on our sofa in the bedroom, more often than not he goes back downstairs, probably on Reddit. Then we either head out for parkrun or I take the dogs out for a run on my own. 40's, no kids.

SquigglePigs · 25/01/2025 09:36

I've been unwell for a while and getting up for the school run in the week is a challenge so my lovely DH wants me to get as much extra sleep at the weekend as I can so he always gets up with our 6 yr old at the weekend and leaves me to sleep. I message him when I'm awake and he brings me tea to have in bed while I come round before my little bundle of energy comes to "get me up". It's a lovely gentle way to start a weekend day and I'm very grateful. Hopefully I'll be able to return the favour at some point!

namechangeGOT · 25/01/2025 09:35

Every Saturday morning our 13 year old goes and makes the teas and brings them up! We have them in bed watching the news and said 13 year old sits at the bottom of the bed swigging his tea!

Titasaducksarse · 25/01/2025 09:35

We have 2 cups of tea in bed together, with the dog at the weekend before getting up.

PigInAHouse · 25/01/2025 09:35

Saschka · 25/01/2025 09:24

Don’t any of you have kids?? My morning coffee is drunk standing in the kitchen making breakfast and chivvying children to get dressed before swimming lessons. DH is usually somewhere else in the house getting ready to leave.

Yes, 3. But we don’t have to be out of the house until 10 on a Saturday morning (for swimming lessons) and they’re slightly older (11, 9 and 6) so I still have time to sit and have a coffee.

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WhatwouldStevieNicksthink · 25/01/2025 09:34

We have our morning brew together

Be careful - I suspect the word brew might inflame the fragile in the same way cuppa does.

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KimberleyClark · 25/01/2025 09:32

Saschka · 25/01/2025 09:24

Don’t any of you have kids?? My morning coffee is drunk standing in the kitchen making breakfast and chivvying children to get dressed before swimming lessons. DH is usually somewhere else in the house getting ready to leave.

Nope. Not originally by choice, but it does have its advantages, peaceful mornings being one of them especially now we are retired.

MileyPsoriasis · 25/01/2025 09:30

I've got 6. But I'm usually up before anyone (thank you insomnia) Even if i wasn't, the youngest is 8 and they watch tv with a bowl of cereal or some crumpets which they do themselves.

Princessconsuelabananahammock9 · 25/01/2025 09:30

I have it with my son or partner depending on the weekend.

When ds was young I got up around 5 am to read, do yoga, journal, and drink tea. I love the morning solitude.

I still do that on weekdays.