To ask if you have your Sat morning cuppa with or without your DH/DP

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Was chatting to a chum and she said she loved starting the weekend with a cup of tea in bed with her DH.

Not us! DH brings me a coffee then goes downstairs to have his whilst reading his book.

I scroll mindlessly through MN. What about you?

(I never say chum or cuppa in RL!)

When my children were little, they'd pile into our bed with us for a bit for chat and stories and nursery rhymes etc. One parent would get the tea, which we'd drink in bed. Trying not to spill it with three bouncy kids about. Loved it! Miss those days. The parents i know now with young kids seem to take it in turns for a lie in, so one takes them downstairs. I preferred it our way!

Our DC are 5 and 9, so they do wake up early, but old enough to understand that we would like a lie-in.

We love a family lie-in, DH and I read the news on our phones, DC watch a film on our tv, breakfast in bed, all nattering on and off and having cuddles.

I try to avoid Saturday morning plans unless absolutely necessary. Rather chill out then do stuff in the afternoon.

Same, DH brings me a cuppa in bed and I enjoy the solitude.

No, why so touchy?

This! How odd!

I mean I enjoy living a varied life but if routine is what does it for you more power to you.

I’ve just been bought breakfast in bed and he’s left whilst I mumsnet on my own. He always gets up much earlier than me.

We used to alternate weekend lie ins when the kids were young. If anyone disturbed me - with coffee or anything, their life wouldn’t be worth living. I only appreciated dh creeping out of the room, silent as a mouse.

We used to have it together generally until our third baby was born a few weeks ago. Now back in breastfeeding young baby trenches, DH almost always gets up earlier than me with the older two so has his then. I usually get up 1-2hrs later with baby and DH makes me one to have then.

We sometimes have one together in the evenings, or occasionally around lunchtime or in the afternoon on weekends depending on what we are doing.

I live a very varied life, but I still have to get up every morning, and I like to start my day with a cup of coffee.

I don't drink tea.
DH doesn't eat breakfast, but does drink tea.
There is no way I'd wait in the mornings til he surfaces. He's still snoring now, and I'm just waiting for the teens, and me and the kids will go out for the morning without waking him.

DP works shifts so sometimes we have a cup of tea in bed together, sometimes we take the tea downstairs, and sometimes I drink mine alone because he's been at work since 6 am.

He can be a bit annoying/talkative in the mornings but it's vastly offset by the fact that he always makes the morning tea when he's here, so I consider it a fair exchange 😁

Ok good for you I'm glad it works for you.

Saturday mornings are my favourite time of the week. DH makes coffee and we sit in bed with our little one squeezed in between us and watch Saturday morning TV.

DH started bringing me tea in bed when I had morning sickness, that was nearly 25 years ago and he’s still doing it! He sometimes joins me, sometimes goes back down.

It's nowt like couples who share an email address (waves at Ma and Pa in law) or take a partner to a meet up.

It's a nice, relaxing weekend ritual. DH has to dash to catch an early train every weekday morning so enjoys taking his time grinding beans and whatever else he deems necessary to make the perfect coffee. Then he sits down for an hour with his book. He doesn't have the luxury of doing that any other morning.

I mean, there are days when I’d rather not get up, but overall getting out of bed and having a double espresso works for me, yes.

I'm always up first, dh is a night owl and I'm an early bird. I go straight downstairs have a cuppa, enjoy the peace and quiet and scroll through news, insta and Mumsnet on my phone

I honestly think some people could start a fight locked in a dark room alone
jeeze guys
pour yourselves another coffee and lighten up

DH brings me one every morning - true love! We used to have it in bed together but now I have mine by myself as he gets DD up and takes her downstairs (the deal is I do the night wakes and he does the mornings, which works well for a night owl and lark).

I get treated as though I'm an unexploded bomb - which, to be fair, isn't that far from the truth when I've generally just been woken from 3-5 hours' sleep by the damn alarm and just can't do coherent though or conversation straight away.

I go downstairs and he's either already left it there for me to find or he strolls in, puts it beside me and retreats for at least ten minutes before trying to talk to me about anything.

We lie in bed together and drink our morning cuppa. He brings me tea on weekday mornings so I bring it to him at the weekend.

Weekdays we always have a coffee in bed before work , weekends my dh goes downstairs and lets me have a lie in. I make coffees at the weekend !

Nespressso · Today 09:18

Threads like these make me realise how different my life is to most people
on here. Despite being a parenting site most people on here get to have a “cuppa” in peace! Where are all those who get woken at 6am and wrestle through breakfast and mess and chaos, whilst there coffee gets cold?
ps I hate the word cuppa.

They are still wrangling kids…

I think having tea or coffee in bed every morning is a routine worth having.

JudgeBread · Today 09:46

I mean I enjoy living a varied life but if routine is what does it for you more power to you.

But that implies that everyone's routine is something that they impose on themselves because they like an orderly and samey life. That's not necessarily the case. My work morning routine is like it is because it needs to be in order for us all to get to work/school on time. The weekend 'routine' pans out as it does because of our body clocks and what we like to do - it's not a planned routine, it's just what naturally happens. If there are times we want/need to do something different... we do!