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DH precious about “his weekend lie in”

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Summatoruvva · 02/03/2025 11:48

He WFH Monday-Friday in not an especially tasking job. I do most household/parenting stuff as I work school hours. He does washing up in evening and helps with homework etc.

He takes youngest to an hours football training on Monday night and the under 11s game on Saturday. He has to do this because he drives and I don’t. He will often grumble about getting up Saturday but will do it.

Dishes were left last night and as sun is out I sprang out of bed at 8.15 to get started. Ten mins later he appears in boxers saying can you be quiet. Turn down podcast and wash up more quietly. He went back to bed. I went up to get uniforms from basket and he leapt out of bed huffing that he’s hardly slept and the housework could wait and I have woken the oldest (11). It was 9 am.

I reminded him we’re a busy family and not hungover students and he’s stomped about tidying ineffectually before going to his mums to be told there there.

Does a 50 year old man deserve a lie in every weekend?

OP posts:
outerspacepotato · 02/03/2025 11:53

Earbuds or headphones are your friend.

Just because you got up and got started on your day doesn't mean everyone has to. I keep it down a bit when people are still asleep.

thehorsesareallidiots · 02/03/2025 11:51

Honestly, assuming you each have a chance for a lie in, it's not too much to ask to leave him undisturbed for a bit. I cherish my one weekly lie-in and would be deeply annoyed if DH constantly disrupted it.