A husband finally learned the “dark truth” behind his disrupted sleep: his wife’s early-morning alarms for a 6:30 a.m. wake-up, which he claimed repeatedly jolted him before his own 7:45 a.m. start.
The poster, who goes by u/Cautious-Extreme-208 on Reddit, explained that his sleep had felt increasingly fragmented in the r/mildlyinfuriating channel.
Newsweek reached out to u/Cautious-Extreme-208 via direct message on Reddit.
His wife needs to be up by 6:30 a.m., while he doesn’t need to wake until 7:45 a.m., so, at first, he assumed the difference in schedules was simply catching up with him.
Then, the man uncovered what he called the “dark truth.”
Alongside his post, he shared a screenshot of his wife’s alarms: a string of alerts set at five-minute intervals from 6 a.m. through 6:45 a.m. The near-constant alarms meant the household was effectively in a rolling wake-up cycle for 45 minutes.
What People Are Saying
At the time of writing, the post has received over 12,000 upvotes and comments. One user wrote that they could “strangely relate,” explaining their own wife also needs to be up by 6:30 a.m. while they sleep until 7:45 a.m., adding, “I hope she doesn’t find this and think this is my post.”
The poster reassured them: “It’s okay, I’ll vouch for you.”
Others turned the conversation toward solutions. Several users warned that repeated snoozing can be counterproductive.
One said moving the phone across the room saved both their sleep schedule and their spouse’s mornings, forcing them to physically get out of bed. They argued five-minute snoozes offer little real rest and that a single, well-timed alarm is more effective.
Another commenter agreed, saying multiple alarms are “genuinely really bad for your sleep,” noting they were guilty of it too but had learned it is better to set one alarm and get up.
Not everyone saw it as a problem. One early riser sympathized with the wife’s position, explaining they set early alarms with snoozes because of a 7 a.m. start time, while their husband starts later. “My lovely husband gets it,” they wrote.
The poster responded, saying he understood—he was just “gobsmacked” by the sheer number of alarms.
Some users debated technology, with one asking whether a standard snooze function wouldn’t suffice and another suggesting a traditional alarm clock.
A popular modern suggestion was a smartwatch alarm, which wakes the wearer through vibration rather than sound.
The poster said his wife already owns one, and he plans to suggest trying it on a weekend, noting her job is more important and he doesn’t want to risk disrupting her routine midweek.