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AIBU?

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To be annoyed with DH about my lie in?

56 replies

HopefullyAnonymous · 12/05/2018 11:29

I work shifts, including some very late (or rather early am!) finishes. Within reason if these shifts fall on a weekday I still do the morning school run to save on childcare. If they fall on a weekend I appreciate a lie in until say 11, particularly if I’m on the same shift that day.

Last night I was held on 3 hours after I should have finished, meaning it was after 4.30am when I got to bed. DH knows this’ll I always text to let him know when I’m leaving work (phone on silent so this doesn’t actually wake him). This morning he brought me a coffee at 7.15 when the kids woke. I sent him away. He popped in at 8 to check on me. I sent him away. At half 9 he came in to tell me some pointless info that really could have waited and at 10 he decided to have a shower in the en suite when he could have used the bathroom. He now can’t understand why I’m grumpy. He does this on a semi regular basis because apparently he gets bored sometimes and he won’t see much of me before I have to go back to work. The second part is true, but I do try to make up for this on my days off. AIBU to expect the occasional weekend lie in?!

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SardineReturns · 12/05/2018 12:32

What everyone else said.

He's being a bastard.

Oldraver · 12/05/2018 12:34

It wasn't a 'lie in'...it was your normal night time sleep that should of ended at 12.30pm..How dare he wake you up.

I would be giving him a taste of his own medicine and waking him next time you finish at 4.30am...

HopefullyAnonymous · 12/05/2018 12:38

To be fair to him he is extremely helpful and supportive in other ways, and I don’t think it’s malicious. Sadly no time to nap as I’m back on shift at 2pm!hes gone out with the kids now but I’ve sent a strongly worded text! If he does it again tomorrow LTB yes?!

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rookiemere · 12/05/2018 12:41

Book yourself into a cheap hotel tonight so you get a nights sleep. That will send the message clearly - and tbf you need it if you got 2 hrs last night.

Pressuredrip · 12/05/2018 12:42

Yes. Also get a lock for the bedroom door and a do not disturb sign just to drum it in a bit more.

Labradoodliedoodoo · 12/05/2018 12:42

‘I’ll be sleeping in till 11am so don’t disturb me before that time. I need to get 7 hours sleep’

peachypetite · 12/05/2018 12:44

Do you have a bedroom you can sleep in alone with a lock?

RadioactiveTeddyBear · 12/05/2018 12:46

and earplugs in case he knocks on the door!

colditz · 12/05/2018 12:47

I'd have SCREAMED at him. How fucking dare he wake you after less than three hours sleep, and then repeatedly, just to make sure you got the message that he doesn't give a fuck about your needs

liz70 · 12/05/2018 12:53

Put a bolt on the inside of your bedroom door 🚪.

AnnieAnoniMouser · 12/05/2018 13:19

You don’t need a lock, he just needs to respect your need to sleep.

ReanimatedSGB · 12/05/2018 13:21

OK, see how it works for the next week or so, and if he's got the message or not. As a PP said, some people need this particular aspect of shift working pointing out to them very firmly.

Namechange128 · 12/05/2018 13:27

Agree you need to stop calling it a lie in, this is your regular and needed sleep. And he needs to stop being an arse.

Agree about popping in at semi regular intervals when you are home late one night and see how he feels.

Menime · 12/05/2018 13:28

He is being completely unreasonable and frankly selfish.

I think you need to stop phrasing it as a "lie-in". It's just your normal sleep, at a different time to his. A lie-in usually means extra sleep, that you don't necessarily need but you have the chance for. That way it doesn't have the connotation of a "treat" attached to it.

Of course he should already understand this and you shouldn't have to change the wording! It should go unsaid.

Menime · 12/05/2018 13:30

I do not mean to say that he is a selfish person, just that in this regard it's quite self-centred to not give your sleep the same value as his, and to wake you because he's feeling bored. He may make up for it in other areas but it still needs to be addressed ASAP.

crunchtimes · 12/05/2018 13:33

Show him this thread!

BastardGoDarkly · 12/05/2018 13:39

Fuck me, that would not have been pretty in this house Angry he's bored would've sent me stratospheric.

Hope your shift today flies op, and you get some kip tomorrow, or yes, ltb.

Maverick66 · 12/05/2018 13:46

My husband does this when I have a lie in ( not a shift worker)

It's like he feels right, Maverick needs to get up now,I'll take her breakfast.
He denies this and says I'm imagining it.
But I'm not.

Poppyred85 · 12/05/2018 14:07

Thank God I don’t work shifts anymore. Those early afternoon to early hours shifts are a complete nightmare. Fortunately for me (and him) DH never woke me. Agree with others. This is not a lie in. This is you having your nights sleep, but at the wrong time due to being at work. If he doesn’t get that, start waking him.

RightOnTheEdge · 13/05/2018 21:57

I work shifts too. I worked 3pm until 3am last night and I am working 4pm - 1am tonight I am reading this on my break.

My dp let's the kids come in and wake me up every Sunday morning. I have to get up and do the school run during the week and swimming lessons Saturday morning so I am permanently exhausted and Sunday is the only morning I could get some sleep but every Sunday he let's the kids come in and wake me up!

I've read things like your OP before on here a few times why are people so selfish?
I am at work feeling so tired tonight.

I understand my dc being excited to talk to me but your dh is a grown man.
Try having a serious word with him Op, its really out of order.

AnathemaPulsifer · 13/05/2018 22:03

If any OH does this after their unreasonableness has been strenuously pointed out to them, they should be woken with a hot cuppa when the shift worker gets in every night until they see sense or the shift worker LTB.

@Pebblespony I hope you apologise wholeheartedly to your OH

MissVanjie · 13/05/2018 22:06

shift work is a killer op, I really hope you got a proper sleep today.

HopefullyAnonymous · 14/05/2018 00:54

I can report that DH and the kids were out of the house bright and early in silence this morning Smile I also managed to leave work on time last night and tonight which is even better! Two more lates to go on this run of shifts 😴😴

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brummiesue · 14/05/2018 02:07

I work night shifts
If my DH did this to me I would come close to killing him
Tell him if he does it again you will be booking into a hotel when you are on lates Wink

smurfit · 14/05/2018 03:24

It's not a lie on when it's part of a standard 'nights' sleep.