Early in our marriage, I told my husband I wanted to get up early, and work on the garden before it got too hot. This is when I learned how different people's definitions of a word are. To me early meant before 6 am, so I woke him up to get to work, and he stared at me, eyes half open, like I'd gone insane. He insisted that this wasn't early it was still night. Apparently, getting up early on a weekend was any time before noon. I thought this was ridiculous, but he refused to get out of bed, so I got a hoe, and used it rather loudly and violently by the window where he was sleeping; yes, petty, I know. He eventually gave up on sleep, and came out and helped me. Over the years, we have compromised on what early is, although we still disagree on what getting ready really quick means.

How about you all, what is your early? How quick do you get ready? Have you ever had a time related misunderstanding?

@RickiTarr I sleep about 4–5 hours a night and then I’m ready to go. Like, wide awake, no more sleep needed, LET'S DO THIS!

@KevBot, on the other hand, would probably sleep in until noon on a weekend if he could.

As a compromise, our weekend days "start" at 9am so I wake up naturally around 5am and try to be as quiet as possible, either reading on my kindle or rambling on the internet, but when 9am hits, I’m allowed to shout "IT'S SATURDAYYYYY!!!!" and run around the room like an idiot.

@Alice @KevBot My Brother is like that, he always says he wouldn't sleep if he didn't have to. I do basically the same with hubs, I try not to be a nuisance until a certain time lol
@RickiTarr @KevBot Same! People are always like "why don’t you go out for a walk or something?" but we seriously live in a studio apartment so any slight movement would wake him up, especially the sound of the door opening and closing. As a result, I’m absolutely quiet to ensure he gets his full sleep but when 9am hits IT'S ON!
@Alice
More people need to sleep with ear plugs. I'm a side sleeper and put one in one ear - unless my wife is really snoring up a storm then I'll use two. I've been doing that for nearly 10 years and can sleep through almost anything. But I always hear my alarm.
@RickiTarr @KevBot