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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[–] 243 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I can't imagine that you can get out of bed without waking your wife if your smartwatch vibrating wakes her up.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Depends where the arm is I think. When it vibrates under the pillow you're using, it can sound very loud

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago

    I assume that OP isn't sleeping with the wrist wearing the watch underneath the pillow their wife has her head on.

    Pulling your arm from under a pillow someone is using seems very likely to disturb them and wake them. You're not doing that, OP, right?

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  • [–] 121 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

    Vibrating butt plug with timer

    Realistically, your wife is your partner and some sacrifices need to be made. If she can't sleep through a watch, she should consider earplugs or just deal. I'm sure you silence it and leave the room ASAP so, that's just life of sharing a room with a spouse.

    Edit like literally millions of spouses have tolerated their other rising before them, it's a normal part of the deal

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    [–] 71 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    If your wife is such a light sleeper that a vibrating watch is waking her perhaps sleeping in a separate room when you need to wake up at a certain time would work?

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  • [–] [S] 18 points 2 years ago (19 children)

    Separate rooms is definitely not an option. It's not so much super light sleeper just she is nursing and I'd like to get a workout in before everyone else wakes. If I wake the kids we're all screwed if I wake her I ruin what peace she gets.

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  • [–] 59 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    in a strange twist, the chess world already solved this one. Vibrating buttplug

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Was there a scandal where a chess player had a vibrating buttplug controlled by another person giving him the answers? That’s….dedication I guess

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    [–] 50 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Drink several glasses of water before going to bed so you wake up to pee.

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    [–] 44 points 2 years ago (5 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.

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  • [–] 40 points 2 years ago

    Drink a lot of water before bed, your bladder will wake you up

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  • [–] 36 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Get a cat and feed it first thing every day when you get up. Soon you'll have claws in your arm to wake you. Might it meow and wake the wife and kids? Perhaps, but wives and kids love cats so they won't mind.

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  • [–] 31 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Ngl, had to read the title twice.

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    [–] 26 points 2 years ago (4 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.

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    [–] 25 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Get an enlarged prostate. You won't sleep for more than 3 hours straight promise.

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    [–] 25 points 2 years ago

    I had to put on my glasses to read the post title...

    Legitimate answer though, once upon a time before I realized such relationships are not really feasible for me to maintain, I just kept a separate stowable bed in the office for work nights when I had to get up earlier without waking the gf. Days she got up earlier, she couldn't wake me if she tried, but I would sometimes steal the blanket and wake her early still so we got multiple separate blankets. Usually three in case one of us did a double blanket steal.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago

    What if you got a battery and put it on a timer and hooked the electrodes to your toes? That way you get moderately zapped, and she doesn't wake up. After a week or so, I would bet you have so much anxiety that your internal clock will wake you, even without the zap. The body is amazing.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Does your wife wear a sleep mask/would she be willing to wear one? You could then get one of those sunrise alarm clocks that lights up the room before making noise.

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    [–] 21 points 2 years 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?

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years 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?

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    I don't know if this will work for you. Every night I close my eyes and picture a clock with the time I want to wake. Then I tell myself the time I want to wake up.

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    [–] 17 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Some smart watches allow you to adjust the intensity of the vibration. (My Samsung Watch6 does.) See if your will let you experiment with that.

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    [–] 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Drink enough water at the right time to pee at the right time

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    [–] 13 points 2 years ago

    I had a first gen Xiaomi smart band thingy for this very reason that I put on my leg. Worked well enough unless I was exhausted or drunk but then nothing would anyway.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Get some kind of gas you can puff out at your wife to make her fall back asleep.

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    [–] 12 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    I had a smartwatch that had a very annoyingly buzzy vibration, so I empathize with this problem. If nothing else works I do believe that some expensive smartwatches (like apple watch) have a more quiet "tappy" vibration. You could test in store to see how loud the sound is before buying it

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    Heating pad on a timer? Silent, but probably uncomfortable enough to make you aware of the time when it's on.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    There are actually watches/bands that will give a minor shock as an alarm. Sounds crazy but unless it jump to the wife (hope it wouldn't be that strong...) it shouldn't wake anyone. Novel idea if nothing else.

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    [–] 10 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Put the watch around your balls.

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    [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    A mattress with per-side heat controls. Unplug it, set your side to super hot, then use a timer socket to make it turn on when you want to wake up.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Smart bulbs, have it turn on automatically at the time a gentle alarm goes off

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    [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Deaf people have a vibrating pad under their bedsheet.

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