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[quote=Anonymous]This is an ongoing issue for us. DH has the loudest alarm clock imaginable. It goes off with both a loud static noise AND loud talk radio. I am admittedly a light sleeper, but there's no way anyone can sleep through this thing.

The issue is that DH gets up really early on the weekend at least one day to play golf, and often forgets to turn it off the other day. He also gets up earlier than I have to during the week. So I'm awakened much earlier than I have to be pretty much every day. During the week it's not as big of a deal because I need to get up about 20 minutes after he does, but it really is frustrating on the weekend. Sometimes he even gets up before the alarm goes off, then goes into the bathroom to shower so I have to physically get up to turn it off.

I've explained to DH that it bothers me but he blames it all on me being a light sleeper. I use my FitBit as an alarm clock (it vibrates on my wrist) and he has one too which I've suggested he use but he says he doesn't want to. I've also asked him to use the alarm on his phone instead of the foghorn he currently uses. No to that too.

I think there are two issues--the first being that I'm getting less sleep than I should be due to his choice. The second being I'm asking him to make a small change that would mean a lot to me and would take very little effort for him to do, but he is still refusing. He's putting his desire to keep his ridiculously loud alarm clock over my sleep.

I know this seems like a ridiculous thing to care about, but I need all the sleep I can get!! I've tried buying him a new alarm clock but he doesn't use it. He likes what's familiar to him, but every time it goes off I feel resentful toward him.

How do you handle alarm clocks in your bedroom? Each person is allowed to have whatever they want, or are the needs of the other person taken into account?

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