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

Your mum is being unreasonable.

my mum was shutting her eyes about 7.30 pm on Christmas night, it had been a long day. I was sleeping on the couch by 9pm. Christmas time is such a busy family time for us and I was exhausted.

i don’t understand why someone falling asleep is embarrassing for you or your mum.

Your mum is being unreasonable and if she feels embarrassed by him snoring it says more about her.

Did she enjoy her lunch and main meal cooked by your husband? He stayed awake until 8.30pm so had been awake all day.
You know what to do next year. Leave her in her own home then she can do her own thing.
If anyone falls asleep and snores in my home the children have a great laugh, doing silly things and videoing for bribery purposes later.
He's not the first and won't be the last

Someone give him a medal!!

He must have been absolutely exhausted cooking the poor thing!

He definitely should not have been expected to look after his kids too. No one can possibly cook and play with their kids in 1 day.

He can fall asleep if he likes, hes a grown man in his own home, as pp have said, id encourage him to go to bed, your mum is rude, she doesn't need to thank him, nor do you need to invite her to share your home at any time, you wouldn't want her ti feel uncomfortable! On a side note id ask him to get a check up at the doctors for his snoring as he wont be getting a proper relaxing sleep, if he hasnt already

Your mum sounds incredibly uptight.
If that was DH thought I would have woken him and sent him to bed!

I mean, it's pretty annoying of your husband, but a bit of an overreaction on your mum's side. Also rude of her not to say thanks for the meal. But couldn't you have just woken him up?

Isn’t falling asleep after dinner over Christmas the whole point of being a dad?

Are all you people not read in her posts on purpose and just repeating the same thing constantly , she clearly states she tried to wake him up several times , imagine not bothering to read it then calling her a lousy wife for not waking him.

Eh, different people have different needs. My partner sleeps a lot more than I do, a half day outing will wipe him out. He’s currently fast asleep and we were only out from 1pm til about 6pm.

I probably would have tried to get him to go nap in the bedroom if I were you, but if you couldn’t who cares? It’s his house.

Except this man had cooked…

This was a very normal Christmas Day/ Boxing Day in my house growing up except my dad didn't cook the dinner before nodding off. It was never a problem - we used to laugh and continue to have fun. He would wake up after an hour or two though and play games/ watch a film.

I wouldn’t class having my Mum over for dinner as hosting guests!! How is her SIL falling asleep embarrassing and making her uncomfortable?
Christmas is a stressful time and everyone is tired

Your husband fell asleep in his own home ! Hardly a crime - jeez poor guy give him a break !

Your mum needs to relax and not expect fine dining service at Boxing Day family dinner. The cook has consumed a little more than he should but she either enjoyed the meal or didn’t! Within the family this nonsense should be squashed.

I'd have told my mum she was bang out of order for saying that. Remind her of it when she nods off in company.

Christ he’s not allowed to feel tired, cook a dinner, over indulge and fall asleep in his own living room at Christmas?

Your mum is over the top. So what if he fell asleep in his own home after overindulging and cooking for everyone? Isn’t that par for the course at Christmas? He still deserves a thanks for cooking.

If I'm tired a single glass of wine could knock me out. When the kids were little I'd regularly go to bed just after they did on a Friday evening. I regularly struggle to stay awake watching a TV programme starting at 9pm. There doesn't have to be a lot of alcohol involved for someone to be spark out on Boxing Day. The whole idea of Christmas is being around people who don't give a monkeys if you fall asleep.

Your Mum is ungrateful

"God forbid a man takes a nap after a long busy day"

1950 is calling... 🙄

Jesus christ, why are people saying its embarrassing, you're a family aren't you?!

People work all year, prepare for Christmas, get to the big day and then overdulge and it's perfectly normal to snoze on the sofa after Christmas dinner. Surely your mum knows her SIL well enough that he feels comfortable in her company. Falling asleep early is not the end of the world!

Thank goodness your mum's generation is dying out

Haha these comments 😂 God forbid a man takes a nap after a long busy day, I can't believe she's so mad by it. Surely that's a haha moment, not a let's be disgusted moment lol. People blow my mind honestly. Id hate to live with half.of you 😂

He didn't fall asleep - He passed out. 🙄

@Angelcake1991 is this usual?
It isn't too unusual for someone's mum to say it was poor form. It was. Your mum still owes a Thank you for the dinner and hosting.
Are there issues between them?