Do you set an alarm to wake up on the weekend when you are not working?

[MakeadealwithGod]

I don’t have to get up in the morning but I just set my alarm for 8am. Dc are teenagers now so I don’t need to be up at a certain time so I don’t know why I do it. I used to love a lie in but I prefer to be up early these days.

Yes. My DS has a swimming lesson on Saturday morning and we go to church on Sunday morning. So I set an alarm for 8.30 and then wake the (relevant) DCs at 9am.

If it's a holiday day then I sleep in, but actually I leave the weekday alarm set, as I would forget to turn it back on. But I switch it off and go back to sleep.

No, because I now do not set an alarm at all.

We do on a Saturday as we've either got Parkrun or some other commitment and then we like to get everything we need to do done in the morning.

Sunday, absolutely not. It's very rare we make any plans for a Sunday, it's our day to do as much (or more likely as little) as we feel like doing with no time table.

If there are plans yes, otherwise no. I wake at 7 naturally and relish the silent solitude for a couple of hours before our household gets going.

On a Saturday, for swimming lessons.

I naturally wake between 7-8am term time weekends, nearer 8.30am during half term / holidays.

DDs wake at 7am, but are older (KS2) and fairy self sufficient (thank you YouTube) for a couple of hours.

I set an alarm. If I lie in I then go on to piss the whole day away. Although as per a previous poster, the more belligerent of my two cats normally breaks into the bedroom shouting before 7.30 anyway.

No I don't set an alarm at the weekends. I bloody wake up earlier on the weekend than I do with an alarm during the week.

Parenthood sucks. I spent years desperate for more sleep and as soon as the teens start to sleep in you are awake at 6am.

I set an alarm if I want to get things done uninterrupted but realistically after 30+ years as a parent I only sleep beyond 6.30-7 if I am exhausted or on holiday.

If I don't, my sleep pattern shifts immediately and I'll end up going to work on less than 3h sleep on Monday; I have to be up by 6 or I'll still be awake at 3.30am.

It would be nice to sleep earlier and longer, but it's just not something I can do.

PARKLIFE!

Agree @MidnightMeltdown and @mrsfollowill

Yes, ds has to leave for swimming at 7.40 on Saturdays. And ex shows up to see DS usually at 9.30 on Sundays so I prefer to be at least one coffee into the day by then.

Hopefully DS will go up a swimming grade soon and I can have a lie in. 😀

Yes

No as I wake up around 7 to go to the toilet and go down feed the cats and let the dogs out. Might go back to bed but rarely go back to sleep.
I'm not going to get showered and dressed though til after 10 or so.

Yes, I set my alarm for the same time (6:45) everyday.

I can do it to give someone else time, I want the same amount when it's my time! I love being up and at it at the weekend and feel very cross if I waste the day/morning

God no. But then I usually work until 4am at the weekends 🤣

DH wakes up at around 6am naturally every morning anyway.

My weekend alarm is set for 8am - I go to church on Sunday but I'm up early on a Saturday as I don't like to waste half the day in bed.

Most weekends I'm up at 6/7am anyway (today was 5:30) but just in case I sleep late I like to have the alarm set.

That would be late for me, I am often up at ridiculous o clock, it was 4am this morning 🥱never, ever sleep past 6am.

I unplugged mine the day I retired.

Alexa is available if needed, DH retires on Thursday he is unplugging his as well.

On all these threads, people who prefer to get up early, always love to use the phrase "Waste the day"

Can anyone explain how catching up on much needed sleep is "wasting" a day?
When your phone or laptop are low on battery, you recharge them. Why is recharging your own battery seen as "wasteful" ? I think it is one of the most important parts of self care I can do.

Totally agree. The smugness of early risers is unbearable. My DH gets up at 5am to go to the gym etc. He’s falling asleep on the sofa at 8.30pm, we can never watch anything together as he falls asleep during it without fail. I naturally go to sleep about midnight, or a bit later if I don’t have to be up for anything. But I’m the one wasting the day! How?!

Agreed. I've never understood why larks seem to think that getting up early makes them superior. Research shows that night owls are more intelligent, more creative, score more highly on IQ tests, and are more alert for a larger proportion of the day.

I don't care when anyone else gets up, so long as they make sure their responsibilities are met.

Night owls often leave the morning stuff for the larks.

Dog needs to go out, be fed and watered, kids need to be entertained, dishwasher needs emptying, laundry needs to go on. Dog needs walking, prep needs doing for Sunday lunch.... the night owls previously in my life used the need to lie in as an abrogation of responsibility... because they can, because the lark in their life will do it begrudgingly because they want some time together without the crap of life later.... that is why it is a waste of a day... the stuff needs to be done sometime, by someone, or the best bit of the day... the middle... gets wasted on it.

God you'd think with such superior intelligence you'd be able to find pedants corner & not show yourself up in chat!