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You know you need more sleep when....

88 replies

OntheWaves40 · 23/08/2020 20:24

You accuse DP of having an affair because there’s a She pee in your car and you hate camping. DP calmly told me it’s a petrol filter and made me a cuppa.

Tell me why you need more sleep...

You know you need more sleep when....
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whydobirds · 23/08/2020 20:30

I need more sleep because I thought I left my only phone charger in XHs car which I borrowed yesterday, panicked, checked in my car and found the cable, only to go upstairs and remember that I've got an actual phone charger in my bedroom and the cable in my car is for my in car charger...

Bramblecrumble · 23/08/2020 20:30

I needed more sleep a while back and opened a tin upside down with a tin opener then discovered it had a ring pull

whydobirds · 23/08/2020 20:31

And to clarify, I've had the same phone and charger for 18 months and it's always been upstairs. Have also always got a cable in the car.

Bobbiepin · 23/08/2020 20:32

@Bramblecrumble

I needed more sleep a while back and opened a tin upside down with a tin opener then discovered it had a ring pull
If it was baked beans that's definitely the way to do it. More beans less sauce!
Ishihtzuknot · 23/08/2020 20:33

That’s hilarious op thanks for the laughs Grin
sleep is the only time I get peace and quiet

Emeraldshamrock · 23/08/2020 20:37

I've had many brain dead near misses. I poured boiling water in the pot then tried to put the kettle in the over head cupboard with at least a quarter full of boiling water. I was meant to grab the salt it was only when the kettle didn't fit I mentally woke. Blush

Footlooseandfancy · 23/08/2020 20:38

You pour OJ into your cup of tea and milk into your juice glass.

Me, every morning for the past two weeks.

whydobirds · 23/08/2020 20:40

I have been known to attempt to open my house with my Oyster card and to lock it with the car key (And stand there wondering why the corners of the house weren't flashing orange to confirm it was locked)

CompleteBarstool · 23/08/2020 20:46

When you walk into a shop and reach for your reading glasses on top of your head and find they're not there so check your glasses case in your bag and they're not in there either......you have a panic trying to work out whether you used them in the last shop or not, start thinking about re-tracing your steps and then realise you're actually wearing them . Blush

whydobirds · 23/08/2020 20:51

When you're panicking and turning the house upside down for your phone which you can't find anywhere...and you're telling this to the person you're currently on the phone to as you're looking...

BabloHoney · 23/08/2020 20:53

I put a block of cheese in the dishwasher when I was extremely sleep deprived with my first baby 😂

Original poster
OntheWaves40 · 23/08/2020 20:59

These are hilarious, I don’t feel too silly now!

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Happynow001 · 23/08/2020 21:03

When you dip your paint brush into your mug of tea instead of the pot of white gloss for the window frame.. 🌹

Happynow001 · 23/08/2020 21:04

BTW Nice nails, OP. 😁

whydobirds · 23/08/2020 21:05

Just yesterday I managed to lock myself in somewhere and lose the key, lose XHs car key in a shop, forget I left frozen mice defrosting in the sink (that made me jump when I went to do the dishes), and forget I left something cooking in the oven.
Seriously, if anyone needs help feeling less useless, five minutes in my company will do the trick.

RealityExistsInTheHumanMind · 23/08/2020 21:13

Walking along chatting to my daughter I suddenly start patting my pockets and tell her I've got to go back to the house as I have forgotten my phone.

'How are you talking to me then?' she calmly asked

Liveandforget · 23/08/2020 21:17

@whydobirds do you mean 'frozen mince'? Not mice? Perhaps you do need more sleep...

Dreamstosell · 23/08/2020 21:18

@whydobirds i think anyone would get a fright if they found frozen mice defrosting in the sink 🤣

VelociraptorRex · 23/08/2020 21:22

I'm glad I'm not the only one who does these things! I've been known to put the phone in the fridge, and I'm another one who's tried to lock the house with my car keys Blush this afternoon I forgot I was cooking DS's tea and went outside to pinch out the tomato side shoots, DP had to come out and find me after 10 minutes.

CamelliaCamel · 23/08/2020 21:23

I was going to say nice nails too!

whydobirds · 23/08/2020 21:24

No, defo mice. Dinner for the snake. Had picked them up in the shop I lost XH car keys in then didn't have time to let them fully defrost and feed her as forgot I had to pick up DS from a mates house...So stuck them under the inverted washing up bowl so the cat wouldn't eat them. And forgot.

Fleamaker123 · 23/08/2020 21:30

Hearing the doorbell, answering the door to find nobody there, then realising it's actually the washing machine playing the tune to tell you it's finished

Trying to change channels on the tv with your mobile phone, I used to do that a lot

Walking to the car park to get your car after work, then realising half way there you came in on the bus

I could go on!

AryaKidding · 23/08/2020 21:32

When the baby has just gone to sleep for what seems like the first time in a month and you need your phone to play them white noise but can’t find it!
Use landline to ring said phone and you can hear it.... but can’t quite find it!
After too many attempts at ringing it finally realise it is in your back pocket.

D4rwin · 23/08/2020 21:32

Where to start? Cornflakes in the fridge, milk in the cupboard is a fairly frequent thing but I did once look for my car for nearly an hour in a large car park.

I phoned my husband in a panic. As I was leaving him a message I dropped my keys and wondered why I had his keys. .....

Not only had I forgotten that I'd driven his car (and I'd walked past it several times looking for my own car) to the shops but I had agreed to meet him after he had looked round a different shop at the shopping centre. Confused

whydobirds · 23/08/2020 21:32

Driving to the wrong house a few months after I moved