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Should I vacuum or let DH sleep?

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DebbieFiderer · 16/04/2019 18:26

Background - we have friends coming to stay tomorrow night. DH and I are both working tomorrow so trying to get the place straight today. I've been off today, and so far have cleaned our bedroom and the upstairs bathrooms and vacuumed upstairs, cooked the meal for tomorrow as well as for tonight, swept the downstairs hard floors and done the washing up. DH got home from work at 4pm and is currently asleep on the sofa (left for work at 6am). He hasn't done anything to help yet but is on a late shift tomorrow so will be stripping and remaking all the beds as well as making sure the kitchen is clean. The only thing I have left to do this evening is vacuum the living room (I will mop the hard floors just before we go to bed), but that is where he is currently asleep.

So, do I just start vacuuming anyway as he hasn't done anything to help yet and has been asleep for a while? Or do I be kind and let him sleep, but tell him he can vacuum tomorrow morning instead (he won't be leaving for work until 1pm so will have plenty of time)?

Disclaimer - this is entirely unimportant, I'm just bored so thought I would ask opinions!

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ArfArfBarf · 16/04/2019 18:27

It’s 4pm. I don’t think you need to be quiet. (But years of small children mean I no longer see 5/6am as that early a start 😴)

IncrediblySadToo · 16/04/2019 18:28

Will he sleep tonight if he sleeps any longer today? That would be my only thought. IF I woke him it would be for his sake and with a cuppa, not the Hoover.

ArfArfBarf · 16/04/2019 18:29

Sorry - it’s obviously not 4pm any more but it still applies!

gamerchick · 16/04/2019 18:29

I'd wake him up first and warn him. But yes I would hoover.

Userplusnumbers · 16/04/2019 18:29

I'd let him sleep and leave the vacuuming for him in the morning

DebbieFiderer · 16/04/2019 18:30

We aren't being quiet as such, but the vacuum cleaner would definitely wake him.

If he was upstairs asleep I would probably wake him for the reasons IncrediblySad suggests, but again, it's not quiet here so don't feel I need to actively wake him. He'll probably be up until about 11pm anyway.

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DebbieFiderer · 16/04/2019 18:34

He's just woken anyway, and is happy to vacuum tomorrow 😉

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Theoldwoman · 17/04/2019 07:58

Treat him how you would want to be treated.

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