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Do you feel guilty if you have a lie in??

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travelsafar Mon 15-Jun-26 08:35:03

I have no where to be today and nothing major to do so could have a lie in and listen to my audio book but I feel guilty if i do. What time do you normally get up each day or do you feel guilty lying in bed.🤔

JamesandJon33 Mon 15-Jun-26 12:11:38

I never have a lie in. Never ever did

Cossy Mon 15-Jun-26 11:55:37

I never feel guilty!

Mollygo Mon 15-Jun-26 11:51:01

Wake up around 5ish for our dog, but then go back to bed with my Kindle.
If I fall asleep again, why not?
The alarm is set for 7.45. That’s a lie in from my 6am working life. Don’t feel guilty travelsafar, just enjoy.

Witzend Mon 15-Jun-26 11:45:50

Nowadays I have a lie in any time I feel like it. I don’t sleep well, so it’s not unknown for me to be tossing and turning for much of the night, but then to go into a deep sleep at 5 or 6, and wake at 9 or even later.
I never feel remotely guilty about it.

karmalady Mon 15-Jun-26 11:02:31

Ooh no never, I never lie in and don`t want to, I love my days and am always ready for whatever. I rise early and go to bed early, love my bed but love the prospect of another day too

REKA Mon 15-Jun-26 10:58:03

My sleep pattern is not the norm. I suffer with insomnia. So I might be awake until 5 or 6 in the morning. I then go to bed, hopefully to sleep. So lie ins for me don't exist. I sleep when I want/ can. In fact I'm probably going up soon for a nap

Surely though, unless you have to be up for an appointment etc., why on earth wouldn't you lie in!

winterwhite Mon 15-Jun-26 10:53:31

Yes I would feel not so much guilty as slothful if not up by 7.30 or so. Usu around 6.30 at this time of year later in winter.

Nannyd0g Mon 15-Jun-26 10:47:51

I can't lie in for long once I'm awake but try to stay in bed till around 6am. We have two dogs and they will expect their breakfast once we're up and I draw the line at feeding them at 5 lol. I've been used getting up at 6 for years now and think that half the day is gone if I lie in any longer!

GrannyGravy13 Mon 15-Jun-26 09:44:41

Sunday morning treat is to take my latte and iPad/kindle back upstairs lay on the bed scrolling and reading.

Not guilty at all 🤷‍♀️

Padstow13 Mon 15-Jun-26 09:40:36

I don't feel guilty, as such, but I can't appreciate a few more hours because my mind automatically races through the housework and shopping lists.

And it won't stop. So that's the end of that.

No rest for the wicked or others........

YorkLady Mon 15-Jun-26 09:39:46

Don’t feel guilty.
Now that we are both retired we go to bed and get up at whatever time feels right. The days of watching the clock are thankfully over 😊
Enjoy your relaxing time, I’m sure you have earned it.

AGAA4 Mon 15-Jun-26 09:39:36

Nobody should feel guilty about a lie in if you haven't got much to do.
I can't lie and am always awake at 5am. I do some exercises and read my book and get up after that usually about 6.30.

TerriBull Mon 15-Jun-26 09:30:12

No! and why? I had to get up at silly o'clock when working to facilitate what was sometimes an onerous commute. Then family life and fitting in some work around that. I don't sleep that well, generally having coffee brought by o/h around 7. Then the scrolling begins for both of us and why not. During the day, we're doing something reasonably productive. There needs to be a reason behind guilt, other than getting up early from it being hard wired through previous routines maybe? Lying in late wouldn't constitute a wrong, so no guilt!

I'm having to shift myself today though we have guests for a couple of days.

DamaskRose Mon 15-Jun-26 09:25:30

Usually up between 6 am and 6.30 am. But today, on holiday, didn’t wake till 7.45 am! Never have a deliberate lie in (too much pain) but slightly envy those who can …

Cabbie21 Mon 15-Jun-26 09:23:39

Last night I went to bed early and woke twice in the night. Eventually I got back to sleep and woke at 8.10. I don’t feel guilty. I needed the sleep. Now if I was still in bed at 10am I would feel guilty, but it is nobody else’s business, unless I have made an arrangement and am letting someone down by being late.

watermeadow Mon 15-Jun-26 09:18:33

I’m surprised there are so many fellow larks here, I’m the only one I know who wakes very early and gets up straight away. I couldn’t ever lie-in but it’s nothing to feel guilty about.
One of the advantages of living alone is doing what you want, when you want. This morning I misread the clock and accidentally got up just after 4 instead of my more usual 5.

kittylester Mon 15-Jun-26 09:11:11

Wwe wake up at around 6 am everyday. I can stay in bed drinking tea, scrolling sm and watching tv for ages. The thing i can't do is sit around doing nothing during the day.

Luckygirl3 Mon 15-Jun-26 09:09:20

Why the guilt? Just do what makes you happy - heaven knows we have earned it after a lifetime of child-rearing and working hard!

M0nica Mon 15-Jun-26 09:06:13

I am a lark, up between 6.00am - 7.00am. My idea of a lie in is 8.00am.

I don't like lolling around in bed. Like some others, if I am awake I am out of bed. However I am known to come down in my dressinggown, sit at my desk and start doing things and suddenly realise it is 11.00am and I am still not dressed.

Oreo Mon 15-Jun-26 09:03:52

Going for a leisurely shower in a min and then out and about.

Oreo Mon 15-Jun-26 09:03:04

No never, I worked from 6 pm last night to midnight and got to bed around 1 a.m but was still up before 7 a.m. I just can’t sleep much past that hour.

keepcalmandcavachon Mon 15-Jun-26 08:55:34

My younger self - rushing around for work, kiddies, commitments is now quietly celebrating that my older self gets to choose! And, not feel at all guilty about it grin

TheWeirdoAgain60 Mon 15-Jun-26 08:54:28

I work 6 days a week, usually on Sundays but off Fridays. Also, the menopause causes me to constantly wake up at various and multiple times late at night/early hours, leaving me utterly exhausted, so I don't feel the slightest bit guilty about having a lie-in!

I'm up at 7 for work at 8, as I only live 10 minutes walk from work.

dogsmother Mon 15-Jun-26 08:52:03

Absolutely not. I like nothing better than getting up feeding the dog and doing one or two things then taking my first cup of tea back to bed.

Charleygirl5 Mon 15-Jun-26 08:49:41

I am up around 7 am most days. I rarely have a lie in, but I wouldn't feel guilty. At my age I do what I want when I want. I now have so many aches and pains it is more comfortable to get up.