I have been very curious and have been wanting to ask this question all summer.
If you wake up ten minutes before the alarm goes off, say to go to the bathroom, do you stay up or do you go back to bed?
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I ALWAYS go back to bed and its nothing for me to go right back to sleep and then hit the snooze button about 15x’s before actually getting up. I am not a morning person that’s for sure!
If I wake up before my alarm is set to go off, I always go back to bed (perhaps not back to sleep). I feel cheated of a good nights sleep and I may stay in bed for a couple of “hit the snooze button.” Why is the snooze button only 9 minutes? Why not 10 or 15 mins.? Ponder that one, little sister!
Linda, it is too funny that you mention that 9 minute snooze alarm interval! This question has been pondered by some super duper bored minds for quite some time now! There are actually a number of theories and you can go this website, The Straignt Dope, to get the definitive answers!
My snooze is only 5 minutes…not even worth the effort.
What? All snoozes are 9 minutes! WTF is wrong with your clock?
Definitely go back to bed. I can’t even get up when it’s actually time to get up. I am a night owl.
I’d probably reset it for another 1/2 hour and go back to sleep 🙂
Haha, Gene! Your answer is close to what Brian would do. He says he would shut the alarm of, go back to bed, and let me wake him up at the very last minute!
Only 10 minutes before the alarm goes off? Then I’d just hold it until the alarm actually goes off!
15 minutes, on the other hand, requires going back to bed!