Doing something nice and p***ing the recipient off?

[Still1nLove]

Reading a current thread about being woken up, as if it’s an emergency, reminded me…..

DH and I were in a holiday to a tiny greek island. It was just just before the holiday season started, so it was really quiet and relaxing. I was 4 months pregnant, we had a great time. We took a boat trip out to the island where they filmed Mamma Mia. On the way there I took a nap (I’m not good on boats at the best of times), I was suddenly shaken awake by DH, I genuinely thought there was a problem and the boat was sinking (seen titanic too many times)………. The reason for his rude and violent awakening (exaggerate much!!), there were dolphins swimming with the boat and he didn’t want me to miss them!

They were spectacular and with the rude awakening.

When have you been on the receiving end of a ‘gift’ but wanted to ‘kill’ the person giving it?

I joke that I manifested 11 years and counting of the Tories because my dad woke me up in the early hours in 2005 when I was a child to tell me Tony Blair had won again. I went "but that's so BORING why can't somebody else be Prime Minister". Labour have of course never won an election since.

I was 7 and my parents woke me up in the middle of the night to come downstairs and sit with them to watch the television.

At the time, I was totally unimpressed, but I now wish I could remember more of it. Still, at least I can say that I watched the giant leap for mankind..

My late Daunt was annoyed for the rest of her life that her parents hadn’t woken her up to see Crystal Palace on fire in 1936. She was only 4 at the time.

My mother woke me up when I was about 14 to tell me the budgie had died. She just called him by name though. "Scott, I'm afraid Bobby has died!"

My slurred reply was "Bobby who?" before I closed my eyes and resumed snoring. She had thought I'd be upset.

@Howshouldibehave

There are only two reasons to wake a sleeping person

1. Telling them it’s snowing
2. Telling them that a famous person has died.

Proper true

My husband was on an early shift when Michael Jackson died. He woke me up at stupid o'clock to tell me. I just muttered "Will he still be dead at 07:00?" He replied "Yes, obviously!" So why the fu*k did he need to wake me up to let me know?

@toopoliticallycorrect

I suffer from migraines and take myself off to bed in the hope of getting rid of it.

Before now my husband comes into the bedroom and starts calling out my
name as he wants to make sure I'm ok.

Makes me so angry as I need to sleep it off and it's taken me ages to get to sleep.

After my response last time, I don't think he'll be doing it again quickly!

The only thing that helps me with migraine is sleep. It doesn't clear it, but the pain will ease a bit, if I manage to sleep. I would cry if someone woke me.

As this seems to have turned into a thread about waking people up, I'll add my bit - teen DD who was 18 at the time woke me up for something (insert banal reason here) when I was 2 hours into a sleep after my 3rd night shift. I can't even remember it but she said I told her to fuck off then passed out again, I don't usually speak to my children like that! We later had a conversation where I told her the only acceptable reasons to wake a post night shift sleeping mum are that the house is on fire or Brad Pitt is at the door!

I remember a thread from some years ago where the OP was planning to wake her very small child to see the New Year in... I think she changed her mind

@KilledByWitches

My mother woke me up to tell me Princess Diana had died

@Brimorion exactly what my MIL did to me, only I was 8 months pregnant with DD at the time. I was distinctly unimpressed and like you had no interest at all really.

Yep. My Mum did this too. I'd been out clubbing the night before and was not at all impressed!

Not anything specific but my DH has a habit of yelling "woah" when we're in the car when he sees something interesting (like a massive sheep or something equally ridiculous) but it automatically triggers something in me to slam the brakes on because I think he's noticed a hazard I have not.

Showing my age here, but my mum woke me to tell me Elvis had died. She was distraught.

@Howshouldibehave

There are only two reasons to wake a sleeping person

1. Telling them it’s snowing
2. Telling them that a famous person has died.

Proper true

Plus if there were a display of Northern Lights.
Maybe also some other amazing weather phenomena - hurricane, red rainbow etc

I gift I ended up not appreciating…

My sil used to cross stitch as a hobby. One Christmas she sent me a scene she had stitched as my gift. As we lived overseas she just tacked it to some cardboard so as to keep the postage down/prevent breakages. After Christmas we took it to a place to get it framed, never had had anything framed before so went along with the suggestions of the woman in the shop. Went back a few weeks later to pick it up. The equivalent of 75 quid! 30+ years ago…

yup, really good framing costs megabucks

I’d definitely want to be woken up for dolphins. Also really really good fireworks, flying saucers strange wildlife in garden, car or child in cute position, cat stuck in cat flap, bird stuck in chimney, flock of blackbirds, naked people having party in garden next door, robbery in street, a parade at an inapprioste hour, a harvest moon.
Once you put a sea faring journey into the mic there’s LOadS more! Phosphorescence, sharks, dolphins deffo, big school of mackerel jumping near surface. Big whale blowing water from spout, still sea with moody reflections
The lost goes on!

@Thursa

I gift I ended up not appreciating…

My sil used to cross stitch as a hobby. One Christmas she sent me a scene she had stitched as my gift. As we lived overseas she just tacked it to some cardboard so as to keep the postage down/prevent breakages. After Christmas we took it to a place to get it framed, never had had anything framed before so went along with the suggestions of the woman in the shop. Went back a few weeks later to pick it up. The equivalent of 75 quid! 30+ years ago…

I sympathise. I've had loads framed and the costs can be ridiculous.

I used to cross stitch and would always get things framed. Now imagine I'd spent £50+ on a having a frame made after buying a £20 kit and spending hours and hours on making a wedding gift, only to be told that it wasn't quite what they wanted and I should have just got something off the list (about 25 years ago).

Pretty much the end of that friendship.

I used to cross stitch and would always get things framed. Now imagine I'd spent £50+ on a having a frame made after buying a £20 kit and spending hours and hours on making a wedding gift, only to be told that it wasn't quite what they wanted and I should have just got something off the list (about 25 years ago).

Bloody hell the rudeness of some people is gobsmacking

Its a sad person that doesn't mind missing dolphins.

We were on holiday In Jersey, I was about 4. My parents woke me up and carried me out in pitch darkness to see hundreds of glow-worms shining in the grass .Pure magic.

I would have been furious NOT to have been woken up for dolphins

I managed to piss off a colleague who had broken both of her arms and lived alone. I offerred to shop / cook for her.
She replied "you seem to assume that I am a lost cause when I have plenty of friends I can rely on".
Well that's me told.

Worst gift was flowers after a death in the family. Well meant but if i was ever for even a second coping id see those flowers and break down. Hate receiving flowers now as theu are associated to me with death of someone.

Worst wake up is when husband is feeling amorous and slides over for a cuddle- no thanks, off you fuck!!

Aged about 6, I was woken up to see in the year 2000. I remember being quite underwhelmed.
I retaliated by waking my mum up to let her know when the queen mother died.

@elfycat that sounds like a beautiful thought, but to be totally honest my heart would also probably drop if someone gifted me a large framed cross stitch.

I think I’d want to be woken up to see dolphins tbh.

My mother woke me up to tell me Princess Diana had died — I was visiting my parents in university vac and had come home from a club at 5am, and thought at first she meant my friend Diane had died

My Mum was asleep on the sofa when it came on the news, I woke her up and said ‘Diana has died Mummy’ and she thought I meant her friend.

@RealBecca

Worst wake up is when husband is feeling amorous and slides over for a cuddle- no thanks, off you fuck!!

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