Today, I was late to school for the third time this week because my alarm clock didn't go off. I clearly remembered setting it, so I videotaped myself sleeping. It turns out I've been turning off my alarm clock in my sleep. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, after buying 3 new alarm clocks, I finally decided to video tape myself all night to figure out if my alarm clock was broken or if I was oversleeping. Turns out I wake up around 4am each day and turn them off without remembering. FML
Today, I went to bed early, feeling responsible. At 2 a.m., I woke up in a panic because I forgot to set my alarm. While fixing it, I actually turned it off completely. I overslept, missed work, and proved once again that I should never trust myself. FML
Today, I heard my alarm go off, dragged myself out of bed, had breakfast and got ready for work. As I was heading out the door I checked the time again. It was 1:41 AM. Apparently my alarm never actually went off. FML
Today, I bought a new alarm clock because I kept sleeping through my phone alarms. The first morning, it went off exactly when planned. I promptly turned it off, went back to sleep for “5 minutes,” and woke up 3 hours later. The clock had been set correctly. I had just gone straight back to sleep. FML
Today, I set 3 alarms so I wouldn't miss an early morning event I was volunteering at. After I slept through the first one, my roommate turned the other two off without waking me up because they were annoying. I missed the event. FML
Today, I set an alarm labeled "DO NOT BE LATE." When it went off, I turned it off, congratulated myself for being responsible, and promptly went back to sleep. I woke up two hours later. FML
Today, I fully intended to start going to the gym so I set my alarm an hour early so I could go before work and get it over with. Alas, when the alarm went off and I saw that horrible "5 a.m." on my phone, my brain put me straight back to sleep without my consent. I ended up being late for work. FML
Today, I thought I'd been really clever by setting my alarm ten minutes earlier to get up on time. I did wake up ten minutes earlier… then promptly fell back asleep for another hour. FML
Today, I woke up and saw that my alarm clock had fallen on the floor. It read 9:05 am. I panicked because I was late for work. As I frantically got ready, I went to pick my alarm clock up to place it back on my nightstand when I realized it was upside down. The actual time was 5:06. FML
Today, my phone alarm didn't go off this morning. Furious, I spent ten minutes complaining about technology before realizing I'd carefully set the alarm for 7:00 PM instead of 7:00 AM. The technology was actually innocent for once. FML
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adelaide_evening 0
I do that ALL the time. What you need to do is set the one by your bed (the one I assume you are turning off), and then set another one across the room about five minutes later so you have to get up and turn it off. Between the two of them and having to walk across the room, it should wake you up. If it doesn't, set another across the room.
xolotl 0
Whoa.
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yay_fml 0
#8 He said that it might be sleep apnea because if I stop breathing so much at night, I am not getting restful sleep. So maybe when my alarms go off my body just stays asleep and I turn them off.
Sweej 1
No, just no.
dce74 0
sleep apnea can cause you to feel so tired in the morning that you feel like your in dream state when you wake up, and when you go back to bed (after shutting off your alarm), your mind doesnt know if you were awake or if it was a dream. Trust me i know, Ive done this many times and im going to go to a sleep study to confirm that i do have sleep apnea
housemaster 0
word, once this happened to me but instead of trying to shut off my alarm clock I went for my stereo. when I came to it was on my bed, unplugged from the wall and unplugged from the back of the stereo with the volume and tuning knobs torn out. luckly they went back in without a problem
fhue_jue 0
#9 - that wasn't funny. at all.
kgraham21 0
No, but he was pretty cute.
infantrygirl 0
Try putting your alarm clock on the other side of the room, so you actually have to get up to turn it off.
bigcrazymike 6
#3 - That used to happen to me all the time, too. I have two alarms now. I set them 30 minutes apart though. Just make sure the second one is the farthest one from your bed.
IDclair 0
Happens to me all the time.
J0HNYR0773N 0
LOL i have been doing that for yeeeeeaaaars.. another thing that works is setting an alarm on your phone and hiding it in your sheets in your bed, so in the morning you have to search for it.
mysitc_burrito 0
There are a few alarm clocks that would work for you. One has this thing you stick under the mattress that shakes you wake, another one send a little helicopter in the air and the alarm wont turn off till you put chopper back inside the clock. I think I saw them on thinkgeek .com but it's been awhile so i don't remember.
GameRater01 0
Definitely one of the more common FML's