[chia-pet]

I have the hardest time waking up my significant other. She stays up all night reading/watching tv, and I always seem to involuntarily knock out early. Then when it's time to wake her up for class, she won't get up! Waking her up for an 8:30 class isn't too bad, because she's still fresh from having stayed up all night. The worst is when she has a 10:30 class or so, so she's already been sleeping for an hour or three. I only have a success rate of 50% or so...

I've tried setting two far alarms. I've done two close alarms too. I've made her mad, I've kissed her and hugged her, I've blasted music, I've pulled the covers off of her, I've poked her to the point of irritation. Nothing seems to work well.

So the question is: How do you wake someone up?

 

[jonnywolfet]

nothing works better than a wet towel on the head...

 

[catachresis]

I always found the salad tongs worked wonders.


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[PFKMan23]

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Originally Posted by catachresis I always found the salad tongs worked wonders. . . .

 

[nabwong]

1. Entice her with the smell of breakfast?

or

2. Chase her away with the smell of fart in bed

( as a last resort )

 

[JahJahBinks]

The best way is to make her sleep early, it's simple as that. Human body has a limit u know.

 

[chia-pet]

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Originally Posted by catachresis I always found the salad tongs worked wonders. . . .

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[Jasper994]

Yeah, I'd agree, help her go to sleep earlier...

 

[chia-pet]

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Originally Posted by JahJahBinks The best way is to make her sleep early, it's simple as that. Human body has a limit u know.

Agreed. I've tried to make her read during the day so that she can sleep during the night, but she's dodges her work! Then when I try to make her sleep, she has the unbeatable excuse of needing to read!

Maybe we can turn this thread into suggestions about how to make a procrastinator do their work earlier...

She's actually sleeping right now, I have to wake her up at 8:15. This is gonna be hell!

 

[gloco]

Launch a rocket from a bazooka, that'll force her to get up.

 

[chia-pet]

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Originally Posted by nabwong 1. Entice her with the smell of breakfast? or 2. Chase her away with the smell of fart in bed ( as a last resort )

1. Haha, I've actually done this. She eats the food then rolls over and goes to sleep.

2. I'm afraid she's desensitized to my farts. I rip them on an almost daily basis and lock her in the room with me.

Besides, I don't know if I could perform under that kind of pressure anyway...

 

[chia-pet]

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Originally Posted by gloco Launch a rocket from a bazooka, that'll force her to get up.

Is this some kind of innuendo? If so, I love it! Must try rocket... from... bazooka.

 

[chia-pet]

Well, looks like two things I haven't tried so far are salad tongs and a wet towel--and the bazooka I guess. Wish me luck in 18 minutes...

 

[Jahn]

You have to give her something to look forward to getting up for, even if it's small. I've found myself going from comatose to perky with just a tiny random thought like "oh yeah, today I'm going to grab some all you can drink Coke over at Chipotle." it's the little things that keep ya going. also, find out what's so entertaining right before she goes to bed, and mention something about it in the morning like, 'hey, that CNN story you were looking at last night had a cool update, check it out when you wake up!'

edit - btw, this is what i call the "saturday morning cartoon" approach. or the "Xmas morning" approach. even the laziest kid will bounce out of bed for cartoons and gifts, even at an ungodly hour.

 

[nabwong]

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Originally Posted by chia-pet 1. Haha, I've actually done this. She eats the food then rolls over and goes to sleep.

ok...have her for breakfast then.