Man Declares He Will No Longer Wake Up His 'Night Owl' Wife in the Mornings After 1 'Particularly Difficult Morning'

A man with three young children is fed up and seeking advice from the Reddit community after reaching his breaking point over his wife’s morning routine.

The couple, who have three young children, including a 6-month-old baby, find themselves at odds over their conflicting sleep schedules and morning routines. The 38-year-old husband explains, “I routinely get up at ~5:30 am to enjoy a few silent moments of sanity and get some s--- [done] before the kids take over.”

In contrast, his wife is described as a night owl who “hates waking up.” This difference in their natural rhythms has led to an ongoing issue where the wife expects her husband to wake her up in the morning and ensure she stays away.

“Here’s the issue,” he begins. “She always asks that I 1) wake her up in the morning and 2) ensure she’s awake ~10min later.” He finds this request frustrating and unreasonable, especially given the alternatives he has suggested. “I suggested she use a silent/vibrating phone alarm on her Apple Watch if she’s concerned about waking the baby, but apparently those aren’t good enough,” he explains.

The situation came to a head recently when the poster forgot to wake his wife at the agreed-upon time. He recalls, “It was a particularly difficult morning with cranky kids and she snapped about how it was just too late to get up with not enough time to get everyone ready.” This prompted him to declare he would no longer be waking her up.

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The husband does acknowledge the challenges they face as parents of young children, including one 6-month-old. “We’re chronically sleep deprived because of kids,” he shares. “She’s on maternity leave and is up 1-2x in the night nursing while I’m blissfully passed out [beside] her, so I don’t blame her for pushing her wakeup times.”

However, he maintains that making him responsible for her daily wake-up routine is “absolutely unreasonable at best, even if kids and sleep deprivation are in the mix.” The Reddit post has since gained a lot of traction offering their perspectives on the situation.

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A few users have suggested the husband do overnights with his wife to which he responded, “When the baby was taking a bottle I was up several times nightly as well. I am also primarily on overnight "sooth" duty when the little dude wakes up before feeding.”

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In an effort to explain his role in parenting further, the husband shares, “I also WFH and routinely rearrange my workday to parent. One kid is part-time daycare, part-time home so I've dipped out of meetings to help get him dressed to go outside, feed the kid lunch when she's putting the baby down, watch the furious toddler who won't get in the car when my wife goes to pick up our oldest from school. Of our relationship issues, zero involve kid-raising.”

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