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What did you wake up to this morning?

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EdinaTheConfessor · 15/08/2026 09:15

I was woken by my 7 year old crying because his 12 year old brother said he would give him £6 if he licked his feet. Then refused to give him the £6 after the feet were licked.

For the record I have enforced the £6 debt in the hope it will teach the 12 year old not to make stupid bets with his brother. FML.

What nonsense have you woken up to this morning?

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MsIceSandwich · 15/08/2026 10:22

My cat demanding I scoop a poop at half five, he gets very agitated if his poops are left in the box too long and sings the song of his people at high volume until its removed. Bloody weirdo 😂

DaisyDukesAuntie · 15/08/2026 10:22

My boyfriend kissing my neck (he’s been away for a few days and think he’s missed me 😂)

UncannyToad · 15/08/2026 10:23

dizzydizzydizzy · 15/08/2026 10:09

Lol! It’s not just DC2 who names the wild birds! We had Twiglet and KitKat the collared doves for a long time. It’s now their great (xmany) grandchildren.

I rarely name anything! They only ended up with names because they seem to have become permanent residents - they made the most ridiculous nest in my bay tree. They crash landed in it each time, and broke the nest. How their one baby survived I have no idea. Chaotic idiots!

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PutYourSpecsOnJean · 15/08/2026 10:24

Cat asking for her breakfast by jumping up alongside me and carefully laying her paw on my head with one claw extended. She's normally quite good on timings so I assumed it was morning (7am-ish) and got up, only to discover it was just after 6. Turns out that unbeknown to me DH had been up to the loo just prior and disturbed her, but then managed to convince her he was fast asleep again so she came to harass me instead 🙄

TheChosenTwo · 15/08/2026 10:24

Magpies furiously having a go at each other. I mean arguing but I suppose it could also have been sex.

UncannyToad · 15/08/2026 10:25

Dontcallmescarface · 15/08/2026 10:12

Ours are called Kurt and Courtney. The tree outside our bedroom resembled kicking out time in the city centre this morning. Kurt and Courtney were having a shag whilst 3 others were knocking seven shades of shit out of each other. We have the most lawless tree in the village.

So funny! 😆 Love we’ve both chosen chaotic couple names!

Raraskirtsagogo · 15/08/2026 10:25

The smell of smoke. That got me out of bed pretty rapidly!

DreamingOfGeneHunt · 15/08/2026 10:26

7 year old's foot in my face (she's in my bed until I have money for another bed) and the dog asking to go out.

ClaudiaWrinklemum · 15/08/2026 10:26

One cat standing on me and sniffing my nose, the other cat yowling like he was dying because his dry food bowl was only half full and he needed it filling all the way to the top.

BitOutOfPractice · 15/08/2026 10:26

The Park run director over the megaphone. I did that lovely drifting snoozing half awake half asleep thing for another half an hour

BitOutOfPractice · 15/08/2026 10:28

DaisyDukesAuntie · 15/08/2026 10:22

My boyfriend kissing my neck (he’s been away for a few days and think he’s missed me 😂)

That would make me furious. Actual rage.

patooties · 15/08/2026 10:28

Next door using some kind of petrol fuelled noisy and smelly garden equipment. At 730am.

PlasticineKing · 15/08/2026 10:31

All quiet and relaxed here - there’s some new neighbour kids who have been out in their garden much earlier than anyone else over the summer (8am), but most schools went back here on Weds (Scotland) so it’s very quiet. The combination of a shock to the system for the kids, and a most welcome cooler night I would think!

DD gave us her latest lie in yet - 0855. Also very welcome! She’s been at a sports camp all week, so was shattered.

LaMadrilena · 15/08/2026 10:34

DH kissing me goodbye as he went off early overnight to paint his mum's house. Then DD5 and I made chocolate croissants and I'm now cuddling her because she's scared of the thunderstorm that's right overhead (Spain). It's just so much easier and more peaceful when DH us away, in spite of the storm...

Pasithean · 15/08/2026 10:36

My 12 week old puppy trying to get on the bed. He has learned to unlock his crate.

imtiredandiwanttogotobed · 15/08/2026 10:37

1am - something (cat/fox) rustling in my neighbours garden
4am - needed a wee and had a headache
6am - another neighbour chatting loudly on their walk outside my house
7am - nurse who visits an elderly neighbour chatting on loud speaker walking past my house

thistimelastweek · 15/08/2026 10:40

Another foot licking one but it was the dog licking my foot. At about 5 am.
She's lucky I love her.

EmmaB1309 · 15/08/2026 10:41

Doggymummar · 15/08/2026 09:20

That's funny. Just neighbours scaffolding coming down and could I move my car. At 5am

Cheeky fuckers!

MadMAGA · 15/08/2026 10:42

Waking 1, 0200: Middle cat using my pillow as a step up to hunt for non-existent treats on my headboard shelf, then raiding the bin for an empty packet.

Waking 2, 0400: Smallest cat licking my face and biting my nose to wake me up for breakfast.

Waking 3, 0600: Binmen collecting the glass recycling they should have collected on Thursday.

Waking 4, 0700: Biggest cat racing across the bed to catch a fly.

Imicola · 15/08/2026 10:42

7 year old DD. "Look at this scratch in my ear". It was 7.20 so can't be too annoyed, but I was right in the middle of a dream!

Ophy83 · 15/08/2026 10:45

UncannyToad · 15/08/2026 09:46

Sid and Nancy having loud, chaotic sex in the garden. Again. 🙄

They’re wood pigeons. Wood pigeon sex is loud and messy. There are feathers everywhere!

Our wood pigeons are called Molly and Arthur. I wondered what was causing all the feathers on the ground!

pinkpony88 · 15/08/2026 10:46

A very full bladder 🤣

TerfOnATrain · 15/08/2026 10:46

A bloody awful cold, blocked nose, headache, mucus running down my throat.

Iliketocallthemsmilelines · 15/08/2026 10:48

My Dd watching Youtube (she’s not allowed) as Dh forgot to switch it off last night. Dh asleep on sofa next to her. I opened back door to intense heat and Dd’s friend calling over the fence to play. This was at 9.15
Now Dd has gone to hers to play, Dh gone to the shop, so i’m sat quietly with Ddog having a coffee

Sgtmajormummy · 15/08/2026 10:49

DDog bouncing and grunting in the doorway at 6:59.
He has a very accurate sense of time but no awareness whatsoever of the weekend…

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