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Lie ins

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LoopyLou1981 · 03/12/2017 07:41

My dh and I have 2 small children. About 50% of the time we all get up together at the weekends (the dc wake up somewhere between 6am and 7am) but occasionally one or the other requests a lie in.
Ages ago a ‘lie in’ was agreed at anything up to 10am. Before mine, I usually enjoy a couple of glasses of wine and go to bed around 11ish. My dh tends go on w but of a drinking binge and stay up listening to music (with headphones on) until the early hours.
He’s now arguing that him getting up at 10am isn’t a lie in because it’s still only 8 hours sleep (or less) which is the same as he’d get on a normal night and that he should be allowed to sleep until midday. My argument is that a ‘lie in’ is 10am, if he wants to stay up late that’s his problem!
Who’s bu?!x

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realwoodlogs · 03/12/2017 13:02

Sure,y a lie in should be as long as you want? As long as both parties get a lie in fairly evenly.

My lie in day is Saturday. Has been since I became a parent 15 years ago (big age gaps for kids). I usually get up around 10.30, but it’s no big deal if it is 12. Same for husband.

It’s even, not a problem. Why should both parents get up if there are no concrete plans?

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