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I woke my DH up at 4am this morning

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momb · 16/03/2016 13:37

By rolling over so my face was a couple of inches from his, and hissing 'Push it NOW or we're all going to die!' in a venomous stage whisper.
Apparently he shot backwards, waking in terror, fell off the bed, whereupon I awoke and rebuked him for being noisy. I have no recollection of any of this.

Anyone else a sleep talker?

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SootSprite · 16/03/2016 16:22

Apparently I do this Blush

One night I shook hubby awake and yelled 'Strawberries' at him, then lay back down again. Apparently. Blush

Bogburglar99 · 16/03/2016 16:25

Sisters of Percy has reminded me that before DH was DH, I woke him up one night to ask him seriously whether he was the Antichrist. He says he isn't.

DS both sleeptalks and walks. Appeared once downstairs stark naked. 'Hello Mummy, I was just looking for some pyjamas'

'You had them on when you went to bed DS'

'Oh ...'

Had sleepwalked to bathroom, stripped off, had a pee, wander d downstairs ...

minipie · 16/03/2016 16:29

I thought you asked what giants there were

Aw, I love the idea of a DH who, when he thinks you need to know what giants there are at 7 in the morning, simply starts listing giants rather than asking wtf you're on about.

I sleeptalk, but mostly I just say "No, stop it

SausageSmuggler · 16/03/2016 16:35

I used to sleeptalk but not anymore.
I've put this on another thread before but once I was staying with DH (then DP) and we made the mistake of watching a horror film before bed. According to him in the middle of the night I sat bolt upright and started mumbling something. When DH asked what I was doing I replied 'I'm talking to the man at the end of the bed'. I don't remember anything but he says he didn't get much sleep the rest of the night Grin

CoffeeCoffeeAndLotsOfIt · 16/03/2016 16:41

I once woke my dh up v urgently because I'd lost my puppet. I was v worried and distressed about the puppet being lost and got annoyed with him when he was unconcerned.

I don't have a puppet, so goodness knows what I was thinking that night!

TheWitchwithNoName · 16/03/2016 16:43

My DP shouted biscuits in his sleep the other week. Took me half an hour to get back to sleep for laughing, he doesn't even like fecking biscuits!

blamethecat · 16/03/2016 16:56

I used to, I woke my mum up when we were at my grandparents by shouting 'I don't want to go over the bumps tonight' then threw up a few minutes later.
DS (nearly 3) also talks in his sleep, last week DP went in to find him sitting bolt upright shouting 'we need to get out now' Shock and I was getting him back to sleep later that night when he said 'we need chips from the shop' Hmm

StrictlyMumDancing · 16/03/2016 17:27

I've woken up mid conversation a few times.

I terrified exH by demanding to know 'why is red was scary?' once.

DS also sleep talks. He howled the other night then just repeated 'noooooo, I don't want to go to bed' over and over for 5 minutes. DH and I were literally on the floor crying with laughter.

squaretoes · 16/03/2016 17:27

I do this!!

I sort of drop off and am half awake but dreaming. I had this conversation last year which is fairy typical -

DH - what you up to tomorrow?
Me - wear the stripy one?
DH - what?
Me - you HAVE TO wear the stripy one, with the yellow
DH - are you asleep square?
Me - no, you patronising fucktard
DH - what are you on about then?
Me - wear the stripy....I don't know...I might have been asleep....

I have also insisted we are in Paris and when DH has said 'look around square, where are we?' Still insisted we were in Paris a minute ago (we live no where near Paris)

I have also pushed him out of bed as punishment for cheating on me in a dream more than once....Blush

Imissmy0ldusername · 16/03/2016 17:38

My sleep talking is a rather recent development. It only happens when I'm in a very deep sleep, and there is only one word. Said every 5 minutes or so for an extended period of time. Apparently said with much enthusiasm - "Bum".

DP woke me up because he was laughing so hard the bed shook the first time I did it.

LegArmpits · 16/03/2016 17:59

Some years ago, I was awoken by DH LEAPING out of bed, somehow sending the cat sailing through the air. I asked him what the hell he was doing.
He shouted in panic "There's a rat! And it's crawling up my arse!" 😂😂

I still can't breathe when I think about it.

OnlyAsOldAsIFeel · 16/03/2016 18:12

Then 11yo DS camping with friends. One (usually very nice and polite) friend suddenly starts shouting " Oh for fuck's sake Boris [his 6yo DB], you total bastard, you total fucking bastard".

PantsOfGold · 16/03/2016 18:25

Recently, my DH woke up to find me crouched on the floor by his side of the bed, gently stroking his arm and talking to it. Apparently, I took some persuading that it wasn't the cat.

My DS also sleep walks. Recently he went on a sleep over and freaked everyone out by walking into each of the bedrooms and turning on all the lights. He also gets confused about the where the loo is and has been known to piddle in various locations - one of them was our bedroom.

Aramynta · 16/03/2016 18:41

I woke DH up screaming "Dad" right in his face as loudly as possible.

I remember trying to shout in the dream and not being able to, so tried with a bit more power Blush

LindyHemming · 16/03/2016 18:44

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HippyChickMama · 16/03/2016 18:45

Ds and I sleep talk and walk. I often wake dh up insisting that there is either a spider or a wasp in the bed and will throw off the pillows and duvet looking for it. When I was delirious with a dental abcess I leapt out of bed in the middle of the night because I'd dreamt that someone was stabbing dh, I woke myself up, standing on the landing, screaming. And we stayed in a hotel when ds was 5, he sat bolt upright in the night and said "are you going to eat that sandwich or not?" In a really annoyed voice.

AnnieOnAMapleLeaf · 16/03/2016 18:52

This thread is awesome! My poor DH has been suffering for years because of me talking in my sleep. He now records them as his recounting of them in the morning were so odd I was beginning to doubt he was telling me the truth. This is the one he likes to tell over and over again to anyone who will listen:

Me: DH, wake up. The turtle has escaped.
DH: what?
Me: Gaston has escaped! Catch him quickly.
DH: What? Who is Gaston?
Me: The turtle.
DH: The turtle has escaped?
Me: Yes. He is under the bed wearing a purple ribbon. Fetch him quickly before the kangaroo gets him.

And he can always tell whether I have been binge-watching the Walking Dead by the types of dreams I have. Apparently, I make an excellent zombie noise! Grin

MrsPear · 16/03/2016 18:52

I always know how deep h is sleeping by the language being spoken. If it is mother tongue and I need him awake I have to shout in that language which normally means I am his mother until he wakes - normally looking very confused.

iklboo · 16/03/2016 18:54

DH is. I've had a few classics.

Sat up, threatrical sweep of the arm, Old Shakespearean Actor voice 'And off! Into obscurity'. Lies back down like nothing has happened.

Sarcastic voice, jazz hands 'oh, so it's purple now is it?'

Grabs hold of me in death grip 'Noooo! The rock monsters will get you'

DS too - 'Don't let the chickens get me'

MoonDuke · 16/03/2016 19:07

I've slept walked and talked all my life.

I once woke up lying on the floor- turns out I'd jumped on DH (I dreamt I was being attacked) and he woke thinking I was a burglar and threw me on the floor.

MariaV0nTrapp · 16/03/2016 19:16

My DH and some of the DCs sleep talk now and then. My favourite was when DH shouted out "BURP!" just burp, nothing else and it was as though he was burping "buuuurrrrrrrrrppppppp" I couldn't stop laughing Grin

Songofsixpence · 16/03/2016 19:21

DH and I both sleep talk.

A few nights ago I woke him up at about 3am and insisted he get my bikini out of my drawer, which I then put on over my pyjamas and went back to sleep - I was very confused the next morning Grin

He woke me up last night waffling about booking train tickets to Whitby - for our dog

We also have weird conversations if we wake each other up - he dozed off on the sofa the other night:

Me - are you coming to bed?
DH - it's in the kitchen
Me - OK, but are you coming to bed?
DH - no, I can't I've left the car in the kitchen
Me - it's ok, I've put it back outside for you,
DH - thanks, it was a bit stripey
Me - OK then, night!

Isthereeverarightime1 · 16/03/2016 19:28

I used too but not so much these days, when I was younger my nan was staying over in my bed and I was sleeping on the floor, I apparently got up during the night and started looking for my Walkman on her bed. Think she was quite startled but just said "ok dear but I don't think it's here" Grin I laid back down afterwards, I vaguely remember it too lol

PantsOfGold · 16/03/2016 19:32

Oh God - I've just remembered the time I was backpacking with my sister; we were sharing a youth hostel room with a couple of people we didn't know. I was in a bottom bunk bed with one of these unknown people in the bunk above me. According to my sister, I woke everyone up, shouting and banging on the bed slats above me. I then gave an enormous fart and went back to sleep. Apparently, I scared the wits out of the girl sleeping above me.

duckyneedsaclean · 16/03/2016 19:35

I've done it while sharing a room with my friend on holiday.

Me - "What have you done with it??"
Friend - "With what?"
Me - "With my chicken. What have you done with my chicken?"
Friend - Confused
Me - "Where's the fucking chicken!"

Friend - "You don't have a chicken"

(I woke up at this point really pissed off, and retorted venomously)
Me - "Well I don't NOW"

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