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He left me asleep

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GoldieLocks09 · 21/09/2024 07:31

DH and I tend to watch TV most nights when the DC are in bed. Sometimes one of us ends up close to falling asleep on the sofa, I’m pretty good at being like RIGHT, let’s go to bed if I feel myself or notice him dropping off.

DH has expressed that he loves a sofa nap, whereas I have explicitly said I hate them, I wake up in pain in my neck / back / whatever. And often struggle to get back to sleep when I go to actual bed so spend a few hours trying to do so getting more annoyed wishing I hadn’t had the sofa nap. On the very odd occasion I’ve woken up in the early hours on the sofa I feel rubbish the next day because the sleep I get on the sofa never feels like that many hours of sleep in bed.

Last night I had 2 glasses of wine at DS4’s friends birthday party. Also had a particularly busy week at work. By the time we got home both DS’s went straight to bed (luckily decent party food they both had quite a bit of). I’d done a slow cooker dinner which was fairly carb heavy, we ate that and I didn’t last long on the sofa, fell asleep pretty quickly.

DH says he did ‘try’ to wake me. But I then woke up at 4am, with a stiff neck, a full face of make up on, most lights on downstairs, dinner not tidied away, alone. I was pissed off and think he should have done more to try to get me to come up to bed.

AIBU to think this?

OP posts:
ThirstyThursday · 21/09/2024 11:46

llamali · 21/09/2024 10:10

My DH gets a great night's sleep on the sofa. He can snore away happily

@llamali

well that's great for him. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. But it's completely irrelevant as the OP does not and she's told him that & asked him not to leave her there

sunsetsandboardwalks · 21/09/2024 11:47

IMustDoMoreExercise · 21/09/2024 11:43

Yes it does. Unless the person is dead, you can always wake a sleeping person, just like you would if the house was on fire.

Well, if the house was on fire, I'd scream at DH, or throw cold water on him to rouse him - but I don't think he'd appreciate being woken up like that just because I felt he should go to bed, lol.

Her DH tried to wake her and she didn't move - that's on her, not him. He's not responsible for getting her to bed on time Hmm

IMustDoMoreExercise · 21/09/2024 11:47

SecondFavouriteDinosaur · 21/09/2024 11:43

I’d try and wake him, as he’d asked. But if he didn’t wake up after a reasonable effort to wake him, I’d go to bed myself.

Well, I have never known someone to be in such a deep sleep that you cannot wake them up just by shaking them. If that happens, then I hate to think what would happen if they were in a fire.

SecondFavouriteDinosaur · 21/09/2024 11:48

IMustDoMoreExercise · 21/09/2024 11:46

Yes, but the OP has made it clear that although she struggles to go back to sleep, she would rather he wakes her up so that she does not hurt her neck.

Well, I have never known someone to be in such a deep sleep that you cannot wake them up just by shaking them. If that happens, then I hate to think what would happen if they were in a fire.

The OP has also said that she’s over it now, she was just tired and grumpy and mildly annoyed. Maybe it’s time for you to get over your outrage on her behalf, too?

PostmanPatAlwaysRingsTwice · 21/09/2024 11:48

Haggia · 21/09/2024 09:06

How did you get home after two glasses? Did he come and get you?

You may live somewhere where the only way to get out is by car, or may have a habit of only travelling by car, but you must be aware that other people walk to places. Or they might get a bus or tram. Or cycle.

sunsetsandboardwalks · 21/09/2024 11:49

IMustDoMoreExercise · 21/09/2024 11:47

Well, I have never known someone to be in such a deep sleep that you cannot wake them up just by shaking them. If that happens, then I hate to think what would happen if they were in a fire.

Well, in a fire, you'd resort to much more extreme measures - screaming, shouting, a fire alarm, cold water - whatever it took. You wouldn't do that just because someone had dozed off on the sofa - at least, I hope you wouldn't as that would be batshit.

IMustDoMoreExercise · 21/09/2024 11:49

SecondFavouriteDinosaur · 21/09/2024 11:44

I mean, if the house was on fire and I was struggling to wake someone, I’d resort to throwing cold water on them or something as it’s an emergency situation. Doubt the OP would have welcomed that last night though.

Edited

Well, I have never known someone to be in such a deep sleep that you cannot wake them up just by shaking them. If you have, then fine.

IMustDoMoreExercise · 21/09/2024 11:50

sunsetsandboardwalks · 21/09/2024 11:47

Well, if the house was on fire, I'd scream at DH, or throw cold water on him to rouse him - but I don't think he'd appreciate being woken up like that just because I felt he should go to bed, lol.

Her DH tried to wake her and she didn't move - that's on her, not him. He's not responsible for getting her to bed on time Hmm

Well, I have never known someone to be in such a deep sleep that you cannot wake them up just by shaking them. If you have, then fine.

SecondFavouriteDinosaur · 21/09/2024 11:51

IMustDoMoreExercise · 21/09/2024 11:50

Well, I have never known someone to be in such a deep sleep that you cannot wake them up just by shaking them. If you have, then fine.

I have 🤷🏻‍♀️. What do you know, we all know different people.

IMustDoMoreExercise · 21/09/2024 11:51

SecondFavouriteDinosaur · 21/09/2024 11:48

The OP has also said that she’s over it now, she was just tired and grumpy and mildly annoyed. Maybe it’s time for you to get over your outrage on her behalf, too?

Well, if my husband ever did that, I would be really worried as it would be so out of character for him to do something that he knew I didn't want him to.

The OP's relationship is obviously different from mine.

SecondFavouriteDinosaur · 21/09/2024 11:53

IMustDoMoreExercise · 21/09/2024 11:51

Well, if my husband ever did that, I would be really worried as it would be so out of character for him to do something that he knew I didn't want him to.

The OP's relationship is obviously different from mine.

As above… what do you know, all people and relationships are different!

IMustDoMoreExercise · 21/09/2024 11:53

SecondFavouriteDinosaur · 21/09/2024 11:51

I have 🤷🏻‍♀️. What do you know, we all know different people.

That's why I said it was fine if you did.

I can only go on my own experience and everyone I have ever tried to wake has woken up as soon as I have shaken them.

IMustDoMoreExercise · 21/09/2024 11:56

SecondFavouriteDinosaur · 21/09/2024 11:53

As above… what do you know, all people and relationships are different!

Of course all relationships are different, but the OP wanted to know what other people thought which is why she posted.

So I have told her what I thought, as have you.

scotstars · 21/09/2024 11:59

I'd be annoyed that he didn't wash up or put lights off but not that he didn't wake you. If I had a long week, big dinner and few drinks and hot home tired I wud just have gone up to bed soon as kids were down

ImNunTheWiser · 21/09/2024 12:00

IMustDoMoreExercise · 21/09/2024 11:26

Well, he didn't try hard enough. Unless someone is dead, they will wake up if you want them to.

So if the house was on fire, you would just leave your husband there if you "tried" to wake him but "were not able to". I wonder what the police would say to that.

OMG this is marvellous! Gotta love MN 😂

ImNunTheWiser · 21/09/2024 12:03

PostmanPatAlwaysRingsTwice · 21/09/2024 11:48

You may live somewhere where the only way to get out is by car, or may have a habit of only travelling by car, but you must be aware that other people walk to places. Or they might get a bus or tram. Or cycle.

They do yes. But the OP didn’t. She already said that her DH came to the party to drive them all home, after he’d finished working. So she could drink herself in to a stupor - or summat….

Of course that was all before the fatal house fire that followed and required police involvement…..

PostmanPatAlwaysRingsTwice · 21/09/2024 12:04

you shouldn’t lie down on the sofa then (multiple posters)

I can’t see where she says she lay down.

you chose to fall asleep

She didn’t choose to.

you chose not to take your make up off

She didn’t choose not to.

falling asleep drunk

Two glasses of wine drunk over a few hours, a few hours previously. There was probably no alcohol left in her.

you’re an adult, he’s not your dad

He knew she was in a position she wouldn’t want to be in and he could help change that. They’re supposed to care for each other.

hardly the end of the world

She didn’t say it was. People don’t only post about things that are ‘the end of the world’.

PostmanPatAlwaysRingsTwice · 21/09/2024 12:06

ImNunTheWiser · 21/09/2024 12:03

They do yes. But the OP didn’t. She already said that her DH came to the party to drive them all home, after he’d finished working. So she could drink herself in to a stupor - or summat….

Of course that was all before the fatal house fire that followed and required police involvement…..

Edited

OP said that after the poster I quoted assumed that the only way home was by car. And she walked there, anyway.

Most people wouldn’t count two glasses of wine over a few hours as drinking themselves into a stupor.

notacooldad · 21/09/2024 12:07

If you don’t want to fall asleep on the sofa it’s probably best not to lie down after a couple of glasses of wine and a carb heavy meal when really tired It’s a pretty obvious consequence
It's easy done though, e en if you don't mean to.
It happens to both me and Dh sometimes.
Dh will gently wake me up.
Usually I'm a bit grumpy but he'll sat, ' come on love, you'll be comfy in bed' and reminds me I'll get a crick neck if I stay there.
Of course it's not his 'responsibility' where I fall asleep but to me, Its just about looking out for each other and being kind.

alwaysmovingforwards · 21/09/2024 12:08

No you’re an adult.

GoldieLocks09 · 21/09/2024 12:09

ImNunTheWiser · 21/09/2024 12:03

They do yes. But the OP didn’t. She already said that her DH came to the party to drive them all home, after he’d finished working. So she could drink herself in to a stupor - or summat….

Of course that was all before the fatal house fire that followed and required police involvement…..

Edited

Actually we could have walked home, I walked to school from home, to the party which is half way between our house and home. DH only drove because he came straight from work. But shocking as it would seem, I didn’t walk with a view that I’d get paraletic whilst looking after my 2 young children.

OP posts:
ImNunTheWiser · 21/09/2024 12:11

PostmanPatAlwaysRingsTwice · 21/09/2024 12:06

OP said that after the poster I quoted assumed that the only way home was by car. And she walked there, anyway.

Most people wouldn’t count two glasses of wine over a few hours as drinking themselves into a stupor.

Eh? The OP said at 9.22 that he gave them a lift home…long before your post at 11.48.

Also, given the terrible fire and police being called, I assumed we were all exaggerating now…🙄

alwaysmovingforwards · 21/09/2024 12:12

PostmanPatAlwaysRingsTwice · 21/09/2024 12:04

you shouldn’t lie down on the sofa then (multiple posters)

I can’t see where she says she lay down.

you chose to fall asleep

She didn’t choose to.

you chose not to take your make up off

She didn’t choose not to.

falling asleep drunk

Two glasses of wine drunk over a few hours, a few hours previously. There was probably no alcohol left in her.

you’re an adult, he’s not your dad

He knew she was in a position she wouldn’t want to be in and he could help change that. They’re supposed to care for each other.

hardly the end of the world

She didn’t say it was. People don’t only post about things that are ‘the end of the world’.

But he did try.
Physically waking a person who doesn’t want to be woken really isn’t much fun. So personally I’d just leave to sleep there, she’s an adult not a child.

ImNunTheWiser · 21/09/2024 12:13

GoldieLocks09 · 21/09/2024 12:09

Actually we could have walked home, I walked to school from home, to the party which is half way between our house and home. DH only drove because he came straight from work. But shocking as it would seem, I didn’t walk with a view that I’d get paraletic whilst looking after my 2 young children.

It was a joke OP, I don’t think for one minute you were off your face but the weird hyperbole that seems to be being posted just made me laugh….

GoldieLocks09 · 21/09/2024 12:13

I didn’t lay down.. our sofa is comfy and big that has a built in pull out pouffe, that had been pulled out so my legs were up but my body was upright - hence the neck pain. Like I said, knackering week, a couple of glasses of wine and a carb heavy dinner. In hindsight I should have gone to bed quickly after dinner BUT were really into a series at the moment so thought I had it in me to watch it, clearly not

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