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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.🤔

Grandmabatty Mon 15-Jun-26 08:37:53

I can't lie in bed once I'm awake. I have to get up. I usually wake early- between 5 and 6. It's annoying but I'm used to it

BlueBelle Mon 15-Jun-26 08:40:40

No I never lie in and don’t like to I m usually wake between 4 and 5 play few games on my iPad and up by 6 am latest
I ve never laid in
My mum and Dad were 6 am folks as were my maternal grandparents who I spent a lot of time, with so I guess we are generations of early risers

Magenta8 Mon 15-Jun-26 08:42:33

In the summer months I am usually wide awake by 5am so I read a bit and then get up about 6.30am. In the winter I tend to get up later especially if it is very cold. I don't have a lie in very often but I never feel guilty if I do.

Aldom Mon 15-Jun-26 08:44:42

Good morning travelsafar.
Enjoy your lie in and don't feel guilty.
I'm like Batty and can't stay in bed once I'm awake. I usually wake around 5am and get up any time around 5.30-6am. I wish I could lie in, but it just doesn't work for me.

fancythat Mon 15-Jun-26 08:44:43

Absolutely not.
I will lie in if I need it.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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........

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 🤷‍♀️