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I need to get up without waking the wife and kids, I got a smartwatch to vibrate and it woke her. The alarm is always going to wake the house.

Is there anything else?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Just set an alarm to wake you up before the main alarm and then silence the main alarm and get up. But then you need to set another alarm to remind you to cancel that alarm.

Ultimately you're going to have to smother her with your pillow before the first alarm goes off, that way it won't be able to bother her, so make sure to set an alarm to remind you.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago

If a smart watch vibrating on your wrist, assuming it wasn't also alarming with audio, then how are you going to avoid waking her by just getting out of bed?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago

Did your smartwatch actually buzz/vibrate? Hate to shill, but try an Apple Watch. It doesn’t really buzz, but the haptics feel like a tap on the wrist.

That being said, if a discrete buzz wakes her, how are you supposed to get up without waking her?

[–] [email protected] 31 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Have her boyfriend give you a shake when its time to get up.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Ngl, had to read the title twice.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

I originally read it as “…discreet way of walking myself…”Was thinking: “What kind of question is that? Just stand up and start walking somewhere. No need to be discreet about it…”

Then thought maybe the family dog was looking for advice from Lemmy?

[–] [email protected] 44 points 7 months ago (2 children)

You could grab a brush and put a little make-up. Perhaps hide the scars to fade away the shake-up. But then why'd you leave the keys upon the table? Ah, here you go create another fable.

Why do you want a discreet way to wake up? You wanted to.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't think you trust in my self-righteous suicide, I cry when angels deserve to die

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Something clicked in my mind when I read the phrase self-righteous suicide and SOAD just popped into my head

[–] [email protected] -2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Probably to be polite, and give his family more valuable sleep time while he does responsible things.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Gotta get to work and do that important maintenance so the Systems don't go Down.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Kindly ask her to get used to your alarm sound, and not wake up then.

This may seem harsh, but actually it isn't. Every house has it's own specific sounds, and it is quite normal to get used to them and not wake up. If you hear other sounds that are unusual, then you wake up. It is a natural thing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Yeah, we'll get used to the house for sure, but I'll have to be quiet for the time being. It's not worth losing what could be an extra hour or two of everyone's sleep. We generally make an effort to not shield them from noise during daytime naps and such, but sleep is too precious these days.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I had a roommate in college that had trouble waking up even with an alarm, and had a much earlier class schedule than me. Never got used to it, just got sleep deprivation. Maybe it's "natural" for you and my ex roommate to sleep through alarms, but as they are designed to not let you sleep through them, many people cannot.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yes, but presumably OP can find an alarm that isn't as obtrusive as the average one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

It's still obviously going to disrupt the sleep of anyone else in the same room. Maybe if the alarm sounded through headphones it would not.

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