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‘An hour less in bed’

172 replies

StillCoughingandLaughing · 27/03/2021 19:58

Lighthearted... although it does make me scream a little bit Grin

Every year, my mother reminds me that the clocks are going forward and complains about getting ‘an hour less in bed’. (She also gets excited about the ‘extra hour’ in autumn.)

Now, I could understand this if she worked Sundays and had to be up at a certain time. But she doesn’t. She never has. And as she’s nearly 70, she never will. If she wants an extra hour in bed, she can have one - or two, or three, or sleep all day! No one is going to say, ‘It’s 9am - you MUST get up’.

Why is she worried about ‘losing’ an hour in bed once a year when she could have that hour in bed every week?! Grin

OP posts:
moita · 27/03/2021 20:00

Yep - this is my dad, also retired. Every single year

WonkyCactus · 27/03/2021 20:03

Are you my sister OP? Grin

HavelockVetinari · 27/03/2021 20:04

Ha, unless you work Sundays or have small DC then it's grand, no problem! She's being dramatic and stupid.

Sugarandteaandmum · 27/03/2021 20:05

Do you say that to her? What does she reply?

Bluewavescrashing · 27/03/2021 20:05

If you have children, it's farcical and irrelevant. They give literally no shits.

Not worth getting worked up about really.

Stevearnottsbeard · 27/03/2021 20:06

I say this, but in normal circumstances I work in retail therefore I have to be up and in work by a certain time so I do get that extra hour which I love. I hate the clocks going back, I miss that hour snuggled up in bed but your right, your mum should be officially banned from saying it!! 😂 😂 😂

WitchesBritchesPumpkinPants · 27/03/2021 20:07

@HavelockVetinari

Ha, unless you work Sundays or have small DC then it's grand, no problem! She's being dramatic and stupid.
It doesn't even matter if you have small children. They're not likely to wake up an hour earlier just because of what the clock says!
redcandlelight · 27/03/2021 20:08

yabu
that hour less is bloody painful on monday morning.

Blacktothepink · 27/03/2021 20:08

It’s great if you work a nigh shift 🤣

Trinacham · 27/03/2021 20:08

Thank you for reminding me! Have to be up for work at 7:30 and forgot about the clocks going forward.

Original poster
StillCoughingandLaughing · 27/03/2021 20:09

@Sugarandteaandmum

Do you say that to her? What does she reply?
She says, ‘Well, I suppose so...’ - and then says the exact same thing again the next year Grin
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Beamur · 27/03/2021 20:09

Bless Grin

Gruntwork · 27/03/2021 20:09

Oh God yes, my DM (82) does this.

See also: moaning constantly about how little sleep she gets at night, forgetting the two hour afternoon nap.

BewareTheBeardedDragon · 27/03/2021 20:09

My mum informed me earlier that she and my dad are going to bed early tonight because of it... I was a bit confused. Tbf to her they attend a religious zoom at a certain time, but not sure it's particularly early.

BigSandyBalls2015 · 27/03/2021 20:09

Yes they do!! If their normal waking hour is 7am then they’ll be up at 6!

STARmyarse · 27/03/2021 20:11

Do you not gain it back the next night anyway or have I got it all wrong?

If you go to bed at your usual time of course.

Sally872 · 27/03/2021 20:12

I am excited because the youngest dc will get up at 6.30am as usual but it will really be 7.30am. Not sure why I am pleased because I will have the same sleep as any other week but it feels nice.

I suppose that is similar (but opposite) to your mum? Not the time in bed but the feeling if gaining/losing something.

IkkeMig · 27/03/2021 20:12

My poor mum has a CT scan tomorrow at 8am 😫 - she was gutted when I reminded her about the clocks.

Shehasadiamondinthesky · 27/03/2021 20:14

It was great when I did nights, I could go home an hour early and still get paid the same, mind you there was the extra hour the other end of the year.

Thedogscollar · 27/03/2021 20:15

As a midwife on nights I've often worked the hour extra in Autumn when clocks go back an hour and we don't get paid the extra hour.

Love working when clocks go forward tho for obvious reasons.

MilduraS · 27/03/2021 20:15

I'm so looking forward to the clocks going forward and getting an extra hour of sunlight in the evening this year. I thought it might be a sign that I was finally growing up until I read this... ah well!

ErrolTheDragon · 27/03/2021 20:16

Tell her to put her clock forward an hour before she usually goes to bed... and then go straight to bed.

FizzyPink · 27/03/2021 20:16

Oh yes I say this but in fairness DP gets up for work at 7am on Sundays so tomorrow it’ll essentially be 6am Angry
I know I can go straight back to sleep and lie in all day if I fancy it but no matter how quiet he is getting ready, once I’m awake I’m awake

Floralnomad · 27/03/2021 20:17

My MIL is exactly the same , but she’s in her late 80s and a creature of such habit that it verges on ridiculous .

BendingSpoons · 27/03/2021 20:18

I get the rage in October when lots of people celebrate an extra hour in bed. I want to shout at the radio etc 'not if you have small children'!

Does your mum set an alarm to get up or just wake up and feel obliged to get up? Maybe she should change her clocks in the evening before. Unless she is using a smart phone or something that changes automatically, as then she will lose 2 hours Grin