He stumbles out of the bedroom and gives you the death glare before turning his attention to the itch in his pants. He brushes coldly by you in the hallway. Then, you hear the bump of his head on the kitchen cabinet and a fierce roar rattles the windows. If this sounds like your morning bear, then you are in need of our advice on how to wake up a grumpy man.
The Do’s:
- Be sweet. Be your sweetest self, in fact. Make a conscious effort to show him totally unselfish love.
- Hold back any urges to schedule and plan. While you may wake up on the race track, he wakes up still under the sandman’s spell.
- Make your morning schedule flexible enough to fool around with your man sometimes. The more often your guy wakes up to a little action, the more likely he is to change his morning mood permanently!
The Do Not’s:
- Do nothing that could be construed as negative – there’s a better time to bring it up. Don’t complain, nag or even mention something you wish he’d do differently.
- Don’t do anything sudden or loud. Keep everything you do soothing and calm.
- Do not ask him to do anything. If you’re serious about changing the mood your guy wakes up in, then it is up to you to be the generous one in the morning.
Other Ideas
If your guy is the kind who wakes up to an alarm, but stays a grump for the first hour he’s awake, try greeting him with extreme sweetness and encouragement to change his mood.
- Give him a sincere compliment, nothing too deep that sounds like a conversation starter, just a bit of kindness to make him feel good about himself right off the bat.
- Leave him a love note on the bathroom mirror that he’ll see before making his grand entrance to the kitchen. Make it something light and fun like “Good Morning Handsome!”
- Flash him a sweet smile to start the day off right. Don’t get discouraged if he glares back at you. Just keep on doing it each morning and he’ll start doing it back.
- Play his favorite music (not alarmingly loud to wake him up, but at a normal level that will evoke positive feelings in him) while you make breakfast in a t-shirt and panties.
- Touch him lovingly without smothering him. A gentle stroke of the arm in the hallway, a kiss on the neck or the shoulder while he’s reading the paper.
- Give him a morning back scratch or a head massage. Both are ways to gently awake his senses while warming his heart with your affections.
- Breakfast in bed will get a foodie right up off the pillow because they don’t want to see their fine meal go to waste. Other men, while they appreciate the effort, just won’t feel that a hot breakfast is worth waking up for. However, if you aren’t as concerned about when they wake up as how they wake up, then you can bet the breakfast, no matter how cold it is, will bring a smile to his face.
Perhaps finding a new way to wake him up is the best way to deal with his mood:
Sex Of Any Kind
Climb on top of him before his eyes are even open or wake him up to an oral treat. He might wake up happy in hopes
Anything Else Sexual
A little kissing, touching or whispering sweet nothings in his ear should do the trick. If he doesn’t wake up for that, try getting his attention visually. Make enough noise while getting dressed and ready that he will give you a glance. When he does, let him catch you slipping into sexy undergarments or blow-drying your hair in the buff.
Massage
Wake him up with massage. Some things that feel good when you are awake are irritating while you’re sleeping, though, so choose carefully. The back, arms, neck and head are pretty safe choices. Use a firm, long and soothing strokes. Be careful not to tickle your lover with too gentle of touch; don’t massage so quickly that you are agitating your partner, and don’t rub so hard that it hurts them.
Coffee
For coffee lovers, nothing does it like the smell of their favorite roast freshly brewed on the bedside table. If that isn’t enough to wake him up, then try telling him about the fresh cup of java while you lather yourself up with lotion next to the bed. That way, he has two reasons to raise his sleepy head and smile.
