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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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dudsville · 15/08/2026 11:10

We have a portable air con unit. I wake up every time it comes on in the night. Then towards morning I have mild congestion from it. Swings and roundabouts. I'd rather be cool and sleep disturbed than hot and sleepless.

CelticSilver · 15/08/2026 11:10

Co-sleeping 3 year old kicking me in the face in his sleep. At 0650.

TheOlderIGetTheStayerIHome · 15/08/2026 11:11

Young adult DC gaming at 4am 😡
I was still awake gone 5:30am before managing to lightly doze for an hour.

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BCBird · 15/08/2026 11:12

OP thank you so much. This has made my day. I laughed out loud.Smile

Lalgarh · 15/08/2026 11:12

lordbaddingham · 15/08/2026 09:41

Bin men that should have come yesterday turned up around 5am

They're coming earlier now because of the heat. Except my council only announced this on their website which isn't always a thing that is checked regularly

SapphireSeptember · 15/08/2026 11:13

DS (2) chattering away to himself at around 7:20 am. He tends to wake up earlier on a Saturday, someone needs to tell him about lie ins!

StrongbutTired00 · 15/08/2026 11:14

Both of my children stayed out last night so I woke up to a deathly silent house which I haven’t experienced in about 4 years!

DoubleShotEspresso · 15/08/2026 11:20

4.45am, my (visually impaired) DC leapt on me to tell me there was a Monster squirrel with big ears that I neeeeeeeeddd to see”.
We are in a rented cottage and it was a huge rabbit which we think is possibly owned by our hosts next door.
Novelty didn’t quite wear off and so ended up doing a Google deep dive into various breeds of rabbits because this was “too giant to be the truth”.

Now leaping about with a bubble machine just in case poor said giant monster rabbit is daft enough to come back.
Much coffee needed.

Catwalking · 15/08/2026 11:20

4.11am cat (who normally sleeps through till @ least my alarm) decided to walk along my naked leg as if it were a branch, so had to get up & shut little 💛toad downstairs with his breakfast before he woke any1 else. Normally just loudly rattles door handles 🤨.

FatMrsHoot · 15/08/2026 11:22

That is hilarious 😂 which part of the foot did he have to lick and how many times/for how long?

I'm usually woken up by a crying child but today I was woken up by my neighbours having a row in Portuguese. At 5:30am. Bastards. Couldn't get back to sleep after that.

Lambsydaisy · 15/08/2026 11:27

Dog being sick on the bed at 4:30am, then I sleep fitfully because I'm worried it won't be one and done. It was last night though thankfully. This isn't a one off so she has her own set of covers on the bed which I can whip off and replace quickly without having to change my duvet. I've been expecting it since she ate fallen plums a couple of days ago, the stones have to come out one way or another!

probablyabadidea · 15/08/2026 11:28

The cat performing Riverdance on my face at 5.30 just to make sure I was awake to witness him slowly and deliberately knocking off everything on my bedside table. He's lucky he's cute.

Blanknotebook · 15/08/2026 11:28

The dog had sneaked into my bed during the night, he got too hot under the covers, next thing he threw up on the bedroom floor at 4:30 am.

Parisienne123 · 15/08/2026 11:30

Rain!!! And it was quite heavy too for a few minutes . I almost didn’t recognize it. Back up to 31 here but it’s been worse .

FlyingHighFlyingLow · 15/08/2026 11:31

2.5 yo less than an inch from my face whispering "Mummy, I pooed" at 5:30 am. He was correct.

viques · 15/08/2026 11:34

Over the road setting off on his motor bike. He likes to reach the end of the road in 1.2 seconds max so revs the engine for a good few minutes to warm everything up before setting off.

Rowgtfc72 · 15/08/2026 11:35

@UncannyToad my garden looks like a woodpigeon massacre this morning due to shagging birds in next doors fir trees.

Dachsund woke me at 245am whining for a wee. Let him out, went back to bed but he carried on because it was hot. Save him waking the rest of the house, I sat downstairs with him. Wasn't amused when he brought me his crinkly fox to play with at 4am.
Needless to say, said sausage is now napping.

Squirrelsnut · 15/08/2026 11:35

The cat 'gently' batting my face because she was hungry. Came downstairs to find DH sprawled snoring on the sofa, fully dressed. I was thrilled to see cloud and coolish breezes!

LaMadrilena · 15/08/2026 11:37

Am I allowed one from a few days ago? I woke up on the sofa to pain and a bleeding toe. I was dreaming about playing the floor is lava and took a flying leap. In real life, my leg shot out and I booted the coffee table.

EdinaTheConfessor · 15/08/2026 11:39

idkbroidk · 15/08/2026 11:09

your 12 year old sounds like a perverted creep. that's absolutely disgusting

perverted? Behave yourself.

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viques · 15/08/2026 11:39

anrom1969 · 15/08/2026 11:01

This has really made me smile !!

Me too. Seven year olds are so gullible and take everything at face value. My brother used to read me jokes from his joke book. After every joke he would pause and say “ I don’t get it. Is it funny?”

Cutecattoes · 15/08/2026 11:40

8am DH telling Dcat to fuck off she wasn't having a second breakfast.
Vet has said to cut her back as she's getting fat.
Dcat then decided to come into me to complain about not getting a second breakfast.

Itiswhysofew · 15/08/2026 11:41

Niece's dog's clip-clopping nails on my wooden bedroom floor, at 07:15.

Wokeuptired · 15/08/2026 11:42

Puppy jumping on my bed as hubby was coming upstairs with my cup of tea, DH then had gone off to clean the kitchen.

violetcuriosity · 15/08/2026 11:42

Beautiful Porthtowan in Cornwall x

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