I never ever used to need an alarm -- I would set it, as a backup, but I always woke up about 3 minutes before it was set to go off. (This infuriated my college roommate. She said it just wasn't natural to just...wake up when you needed to.)

Then I hit my 30s and my body was like, "Yeah, sleep is WAY better, and I might even ignore that alarm thingie." God knows I sleep through Tim's alarm every morning.

I've been waking up before my alarm lately, and I don't like it. I've been waking up with stiff neck and shoulders, so I think I need new pillows.

The only time I do not need an alarm is occasionally when I am at someone else's house. I am part bear and will sleep upwards of 10 hours at a pop given the chance. Also a night owl and will stay up way too late if I do not watch myself.

I have always needed an alarm, and several snoozes, to get up. But in the last year I'm finding I wake up at 6 am every day, no matter what. It's disturbing.

several snoozes

I don't understand the snooze alarm. My mind gets stuck at, "if you like/need the sleep, why not set for the latest time possible and just get up rather than dealing with that @!$&#@ alarm noise and interrupted sleep more than once?"

I worked out an understanding ("NEVER, NO EXCEPTIONS") with my DH when we started sharing a bed.

I don't understand the snooze alarm. My mind gets stuck at, "if you like/need the sleep, why not set for the latest time possible and just get up rather than dealing with that @!$&#@ alarm noise and interrupted sleep more than once?"

Right there with you. Snooze alarms are the devil.

I worked out an understanding ("NEVER, NO EXCEPTIONS") with my DH when we started sharing a bed.

I threatened Tim with grievous bodily harm when he set his alarm on a Sunday (why) and then hit snooze like 4 times. We are now a No Goddamn Snooze Alarm household.

My alarm is NPR. I am not a fan of noise alarms.

But lookie here, we continue to exemplify the wise words "different people like different things"

My alarm is an Echo Spot that plays the radio starting at 6:30 and then a regular alarm at 7. So the radio wakes me up gradually and by the time the actual alarm goes off I'm ready for it.

But lookie here, we continue to exemplify the wise words "different people like different things"

Whaaaaaat.

My daughter, who would sleep until noon if left to her own devices, has an Echo Dot that starts out with "Good Morning" (Beatles) and then the daily weather report. Ten minutes later starts a series of escalating voice reminders spaced ten minutes apart to get up and go downstairs.

My son has a single alarm set but he always wakes up early and shuts it off. We're pretty sure he's a changeling.