Lovely DH has a career which involves a very varied shift pattern, all long 10 hour days/nights.
To better his chances of promotion he is also volunteering locally, tenuously related to his role, on his days off just to build experience. Usually he gives them one or two days a week but he can choose the times pretty much between 7am and 11pm.
I am really pleased for him that he is so enthusiastic about helping and dedicated to progress. Selfishly thought it’s beginning to impact on me, for no other reason than he wakes usually around 4am to go and makes lots of noise getting ready. This is sometimes the time he wakes up for work (or earlier) and I’d say maybe 7 or 8 out of 10 times I do manage to get back to sleep without issue. Today is not one of those days: I’m now tired and I’ve got work, and I couldn’t sleep until very late last night like after 11pm because I was finishing off some prep for work. Didn’t disturb him when I came to bed though!
I have empathy for it when he’s going to work as that is literally his job, but WIBU to ask him to volunteer a bit later? I’m not sure why it takes two or three hours to get ready - he likes a leisurely start but it’s beginning to impact on my energy levels for my actual job. I don’t think there are any days of the week, maybe one, where I am not disturbed by him getting up or coming to bed.