Who gets the weekend lie-in? I need the MN jury to decide

[tortoiseonthehalfshell]

Right. Situation is this.

Our 'weekend' is only Saturdays - every other day one of us has to get to work. So only one day possible for someone to have a lie-in. Sundays we all get up together at around 7am, split the morning routine, and he heads off to work around 8am.

The rest of the week, I am up and out of the house before daughter and husband get up. I leave at 7am, he gets up when she wakes, which is anyway from 7 to 8am. He looks after her some days and does daycare drop-off the other days. So he is responsible for the morning routine; nappy change, breakfast, packing bags and bottles and things.

So come Saturday, I say, I want the lie-in because I get up earlier. He says, he wants the lie-in because he does the morning routine with her every other day and wants a morning off.

So who gets the lie-in? If it makes any difference, neither of us would ever take the piss and lie-in past about 9 am. But, dammit, that couple of hours is important.

Greyskull, because if he has to do morning routine on a Sunday it'll take him longer and he won't be out by 8am.

Or so he says.

Anyway. Am grinning, am whinging bearing it, am now off to bed cos it's work tomorrow.

Jeez, some of you lot are nothing short of saints - "If I was working all week, I'd WANT to get up". I work all week and very much look forward to my lie in on a Sunday, sorry! OP - I agree with the consensus - week about it is!

I agree with that take it in turns posters!

I am up at just after 5am every weekday (we have horses and can only afford them by doing them myself before work) so my DH gets up with the girls each morning. We then all get up together on a Sunday as it's our family day and we like to make the most of it. Saturday is the day one of us gets a lie in until 9/9.30am. It makes a huge difference, imo, to agree it in advance as then nobody has to hide under the pillow waiting for the other to get up!

Do what works for you all, but EVERYONE needs sleep.

Turns turns turns. We have taken turns at getting up everyday for 15 years and ne'er had a cross word about it.

Crikey - you say it's dark when you get up? What time do you get up? It's light at 4.30 here and I'm usually awake by 5.30. It's the best time of the day. I get up, have a nice run and I'm home by 7 and raring to go.

Honestly, go to bed earlier - it will transform you and your relationship.

I never had a lie in
no chance now

It will come Trinity. Mine now not only get up on their own and go about their own (mostly undesirable and involving the telly business), but bring me a cup of tea first.

hmm but a long way away hully

gecko is only 3 now

I feel so unbelievably lucky if they sleep until 7.30am

I would say he should always get the lie in as he always does the "morning routine".

trinity - it's a cliche, but one day you WILL look back and think, fuck, where did all those years go, hopefully while you are drinking your tea and reading the paper...