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Mum annoyed that my husband fell asleep at 8:30pm on boxing day after over-indulging

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Angelcake1991 · 28/12/2025 18:59

Hi,

Just wanted to get people's thoughts on this please.

My mum came over on Boxing day and stayed the night. My husband spent most of the afternoon preparing a meal for us all and drank a little too much whilst doing so.
This meant he missed out on the games we played with the children and he was fast asleep on the sofa by 8.30pm snoring extremelty loudly. I was a little embarrased as was sitting there with my mum listening to him snoring.

When i spoke to mum the following day after she had gone home she said she felt very embarrased and uncomfortable about the situation. She was the guest and he shouldnt have drunk so much that he fell asleep in that state. She said she will not be texting my husband to thank him for the meal he cooked.

What are peoples thoughts?

OP posts:
Strawberries86 · 28/12/2025 19:01

He cooked you a meal and had snooze on Boxing Day. LTB. Nothing else for it.

Ubugly · 28/12/2025 19:01

Very dramatic! I would have probs told him to shut up snoring or maybe tried to wake him but why was she uncomfortable and embarrassed!

Sighohbarn · 28/12/2025 19:01

Meh - it's hardly the end of the world. Your mum is being uptight, and rude not to thank him for the meal.

CraftyPlayer · 28/12/2025 19:00

Why didn’t you wake him? How embarrassing.