'My boyfriend is being nasty because I refuse to be his alarm clock'
One of the not-so-fun parts of being an adult is having to get up ridiculously early for work. Thankfully, due to changes in technology, we can set alarms on our phones, and most people will be quick to tell you that it really isn't hard to do. Whether you actually get up when that alarm goes off, however, is another story.
However, one woman's boyfriend was relying on her to be his personal backup alarm clock, and was totally miffed when he had a go at her when she didn't tell him the time in the morning as she was busy working - and he'd previously turned his own alarm off.
She took to Reddit's 'Am I the a**hole' forum to ask others whether they thought she'd done anything wrong, as he deemed what she did an "a**hole move", saying that "if you are awake and capable of helping out, but you decide not to, then you are an a**hole."
She wrote: "My (29F) boyfriend (35M) has been living with me since he landed his first engineering job two months ago. I have been the one to wake him up several times when I notice he's sleeping in. He has his first alarm at 7am, then one at 7.10am, he has to leave at 7.45am max if he wants to get to his workplace by 8am.
"I work from home, I'm a freelancer, so I have no need to wake up that early. On the times I realised he hasn't moved from bed and it was past 7.30am, he would get really mad when I woke him up, yelling 'Why didn't you wake me up sooner???' Today I woke up at 7am by his alarm clock, as we sleep together. He woke up, turned it off, and went back to sleep like he usually does until the 7.10am alarm. Then he turned off the 7.10am alarm and went back to sleep again.
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"I wasn't really paying attention to the time, but I was using my phone as some clients were texting me already. I kept looking at my boyfriend from time to time, and he would open his eyes at me, smile, and nod, then close his eyes again."
But she said that morning she checked the time and it was 7.37am, she asked him for the time, and he said "probably 7.25am or so", but when he realised the actual time he "rushed off to the bathroom, slamming the door."
She continued: "As he was putting his clothes on, he was arguing 'It's an a**hole move of yours to not tell me the time earlier, because of that I'm going to be late and will leave without even brushing my teeth!' I told him that I didn't mean to make him p***ed off, but that being on time for HIS work isn't MY responsibility, to which he said 'If you are awake and capable of helping out, but you decide not to, then you are an a**hole'."
Then, later, just before he left, he "retaliated in a pretty nasty way" by blowing on her favourite towel and "leaving boogers on it - and she was horrified, saying that "he's, in general, a very good partner", admitting she was "appalled" with his behaviour.
In the comments, people were quick to reassure the woman that she'd done nothing wrong, with some encouraging her to lay down the law after his petty revenge. One wrote: "He is an adult and is capable of getting out of bed on time. I would tell him if he ever retaliates in such a disgusting manner again that he will be packing his bags and leaving. That is not acceptable behaviour under any circumstances. He is punishing you for his inability to get himself up on time. This type of abusive behaviour will escalate."
"I ain't nobody's momma", someone raged. "If you can't manage to hold down a job without me holding your hand, we'd be done", and another agreed: "And he is THIRTY-FIVE, well past the age he should be getting his own lazy a** out of bed."
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