Of course you have heard of the book, Go the Fuck to Sleep. I would like to suggest a follow up, inspired by my husband…
———————————
The dishes are washed, everything tidy in its place
The leftovers boxed up, my dear, and the counters wiped away
I’ve asked you six times, don’t make me say it again
Please, for the love of God
Just empty the fucking trash can.
———————————
You work hard and need your rest
I do know that and care
But you slept all night and napped three times
You’ve more than gotten your share
It’s time to awake and get on with the day
Wake the fuck up already, you hear me OK?
———————————
You’ve been flipping for an hour
But have yet to pick a show
Could you be more annoying?
The answer is no.
Surrender the remote, I’ll ask one last time
or I’m kicking you out, on your fucking behind.
———————————
The day is getting dim
Soon it will be night
I can’t see a thing, my love
You have to know I’m right
I’m not as tall as you so I need your larger height
Would it kill you to change that fucking hall light?
———————————
I know you feel sick but I do as well
My nose is stuffy too
and my throat sore as hell
Please stop complaining
It’s just a little cold
So shut up and cope
You’re not that fucking old
———————————
I love you so much
I value what you say
But now I’m trying to sleep
And you’re keeping me awake
For the last time, my sweet,
I just don’t give a crap.
Enough already, really
Just shut your fucking pie trap.
———————————
I’m laying in bed, desperately needing my rest
You’ve been sleeping for hours
Happily passed out on your chest,
How are you so loud, I really don’t know
But if you don’t fucking stop snoring,
You’re gonna have to go.
———————————
Is this too much to ask,
from the man I adore?
I really don’t get why I’m so easy to ignore.
Start listening to me, that’s all there is to it.
Oh, and the dog needs a walk
Just fucking do it.
———————————
Previous post: Last year, This Year
Next post: Miss Multiple Personalities



{ 152 comments }
Ha! Love it. These thoughts and more have been running through my mind ever since going back to work after a year at home with my daughter.
Stacy recently posted..Weekend Reading
AWESOME!!!!!!!
FABULOUS.
The Mommyologist recently posted..Planes, Trains, and Hurricanes. And Shit in My Basement.
THIS IS MY HOUSE. Have you been spying on me?? Are we married to the same man??
So funny, and SO TRUE.
Greta Funk recently posted..Back to School Giveaway!
This is my house too! Maybe all three of us are married to the same guy?
Love it!! Now who do you nominate to narrate this one? Somehow, I don’t see Samuel L. Jackson doing this one, LOL
Kat (@kathym425) recently posted..Cottage Life
Meryl Streep!
I think i may go with Glenn Close on this one! :)
Kelly recently posted..Look Who’s Coming to (Bloggy) Dinner
If I didn’t know you already were, I would tell you to write a fucking book. You are a gift!
Haha! So funny! Love it!
Alicia @MommyDelicious recently posted..The Break-Up: One Year Later
Fucking LOVE it.
ROFL AWESOME!!!!!!! Thank you for this!!
This. Is. Awesome. You need an illustrator and a narrator. I’m thinking Eric Carle and Susan Sarandon.
Triplezmom recently posted..Feeling Like An Amateur
That is awesome. Though my husband is more likely to dedicate it to me in our house. I end up with more sleep due to my migraines and he picks up the slack.
Denise recently posted..I used to love The Love Boat
OH.MY.GAWD! That SO reminds me of my own hubby!
Crystal @ PoM recently posted..Childhood Memories ~ Her name was Hattie
Genius. XO
Galit Breen recently posted..Changes
I’m laughing so hard I’m crying.
Erika – In Erika’s Kitchen recently posted..Truffled chocolate truffles
Ha! Ha! HA! I’m sharing this as soon as I can get to my laptop!
Love love love it!!!! Sounds like you wrote this about my hubby too! lmfao
Echo recently posted..A work in progress continued
This is getting printed and left in the bathroom so my husband will actually read it
Ashlee recently posted..It’s 5 o’clock somewhere
I love you. Seriously. I laughed so hard at this I stopped hiccuping (which I’ve been doing for an hour straight).
Brilliant! :)
Lol! Now you just need an illustrator, I think this could be a best selling bathroom book…
You just need to illustrate and you’ve got a best selling bathroom book! Lol!
Hatton recently posted..Pack ‘n play review: Graco great for traveling!
love it. so true and so want to put into practice.
vanillasugarblog recently posted..summer break
Love it!!!
http://julesoutloud.blogspot.com/2011/07/go-fuck-to-sleep-my-version.html
It’s official (if you haven’t heard it before), you are brilliant. This should go in your book, definitely seek out illustrations!! This alone could be your best seller. Totally going to RT & post on FB.
Amy Weisman recently posted..The Birth of Joshua
Fabulous! I think you stole my husband!!
HAHAHAHAHAAHA!! BEST POST EVERRR! That is TOTALLY my husband! :)
Jessica recently posted..Meet My Neighbor Friday: MamaMash
Oh it’s so good! Women everywhere would flock to buy this book!
Just Jennifer recently posted..Say Something Nice Saturday
Holy crap — are we sister wives?
mom-mom-mom recently posted..Special Guest Post by RealPatriot9
Love it so much!!
Pam recently posted..Just F*cking Do It!
AHHHAHahahahaha, we are married to the exact same man!
AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME!!! And that is scarily my life – LOL!!
lynn @ Maven of Savin’ recently posted..Bayer Advanced coupon: FREE at Target & Rite Aid
Hahaha I fucking love it! Can I repost with credit?
Jeannie recently posted..iPhoneography
Go for it!
thanks!
Jeannie recently posted..Wake The Fuck Up
OMG!!! I can’t believe this wasn’t written sooner!!! I love it! Let me know when it comes out in hardcover – because if he doesn’t get the hint by reading it, I’ll beat him with it!!
Laughing so hard.
I want to print this and share it with my sweetie who has yet to change the freaking hall light.
Life with Kaishon recently posted.."A child has no trouble believing the unbelievable, nor does the genius or the madman. It’s only you and I, with our big brains and our tiny hearts, who doubt and overthink and hesitate." Steven Pressfield
Oh my! that is so funny! And so true! Don’t have a husband any more, but boy! do I remember how it felt!
This is hilarious. I think I’ll print it and stick it on my fridge.
Courtney @ The Mommy Matters recently posted..Spotlight Saturday
BRAVA!!!!!!! Pure brilliance!
GTFTS is…a gift from God. I have never laughed so hard as when I listen to Samuel L Jackson narrate that. Best book EVAH.
Headacheslayer recently posted..The Beginning of School: Mama Brag edition
FABULOUS!!! There have been so many times I have felt these exact words and heard them in my head before trying to politely ask my husband to do what need to be done. Thank you for the laugh!
This is FANTASTIC!!!! Can I have permission to reprint for my girlfriend with your writers credit of course?
Of course!
OMG I LOVE IT!!!!!
Fucking brilliant, I say!!
bahaha. LOVE IT!
Devan @ Accustomed Chaos recently posted..Increased Prevalence of Celiac Disease in Women with Unexplained Infertility
I can foresee that your poem will be read at MANY 50th wedding anniversary parties…
Lynn from For Love or Funny recently posted..My towel DOES NOT have a naked woman on it.
So, we all have the same life when it comes to husbands. How do we make it better or different? Are we really stuck like this?
Love it!
I fear that we are. At least we’re not alone, though, right?
Nope, obviously not alone.
I can’t wait to get married, Jill.
Love, Anthony
Is it wrong that as I read that, the voice in my head sounded like the silky baritone of Jules Winnfield from Pulp Fiction?
Chelsie recently posted..Baked Creamy Chicken Taquitos
I love this. The snoring thing kept me up until almost 4:00 this morning… And he’s currently napping on the couch, but isn’t snoring at all. Explain that one.
Kimberly recently posted..Seven Links Challenge
That used to be Jeff, but now he snores anywhere, three seconds after falling asleep. It makes me CRAZY.
HAHAHAH! Love it! Every husband need to read this! Maybe then they’d wake the fuck up! LOL!
I think this should be put into book form, or at least made into a really nice picture for an anniversary gift! Or a birthday gift. I will buy it!!!!!
Symanntha recently posted..Haiku # 13
ohhh Scary Mommy, we are so the same… thank you for writing my thoughts down on paper.
Not Winning Mom of the Year recently posted..Five
Love it! This is freaking awesome.
Rachael recently posted..Dear Baby
This is hysterical! I love it!!
ptworkingmom recently posted..Long Weekend is Welcome
The perfect compliment to the sleep book. Love it. (Matt snores. It makes me murderous.)
anymommy recently posted..Diamonds in our eyes
Love this!!! So funny!
Alicia recently posted..Being A Mother….
This was so funny – I was laughing and crying at the same time! My husband found it humorous too :D
This is brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Could THIS be your book instead? Now you just need to find an illustrator (the children?) and you’re set!
Alison@Mama Wants This recently posted..Scavenger Hunt Sunday #2
So touching…I have tears in my eyes.
jacqui recently posted..Promises, Promises…
wow, you should be a greeting card writer. your sentiment is so spot on. i’m sending this to my husband. thank you.
I actually own a copy of Go The F To Sleep. And when you publish this, I will pick up a copy of it too.
Lindsey recently posted..Saturday Evening Blog Post: July/August 2011
Now you just need to post a husband’s response too! : )
Am snort laughing now … that’s awesome!!!
I wonder if you could get Noni Hazelhurst and Samuel L Jackson to read this aloud.
You know my husband all too well. Are they all alike? It’s somewhat a relief.
This is perfection! Absolute PERFECTION!!
Also sending this to my husband.
Katja of Skimbaco recently posted..The Real Babysitting 101
Awesome. I love this. Especially the part about being sick. I mean, seriously, how can they be more sick than we are every single time?
Natalie @ MamaTrack recently posted..A Day at the Beach
How do we go about nominating you for a Pulitzer?
OK, here we go again – another post that is going to become a classic!!!!
Jennifer Probst recently posted..Guest Blog Tuesdays…The Battle of the High Chair by ManvsMommy
Ohhhhhh I love this. Am now going to share with everyone I know. :)
Amy recently posted..5 Ways to Break Bad Money Habits
Amazing.
Amy recently posted..Drink Machine Magic
you are brilliant! This is hilarious and spot on!
Oh, and its my second time visiting today…I needed to laugh, again!
Amy recently posted..Bird Without Wings: Tiger Time Tuesday
HILARIOUS!!! Better than the original!
I LOVE it! I’m emailing this to a ton of friends who can relate!
The garbage can full is my pet peeve, along with
long grass,
walking past a basket of clean clothes that need to be folded, things not put back,
and … I could go on and on :)
Carolyn recently posted..Featured Finds: Jazzing up your Blog Pt. 2
Sheer fucking genius!
megryansmom recently posted..It’s Almost Halloween!
I heart Jill!!
Julie {Angry Julie Monday} recently posted..I’m A Soccer Mom
Jill, you are hilarious! Where do you come up with this stuff?! are you going to make a book of it too? :)
Skye Diaz | motherhood, etc. recently posted..do you know where your kids are?
OMG, you have been reading my mind!
Every time I see him napping on the couch I have an insatiable urge to poke him with a large stick! And if I hear *one* more snore….well, I cannot be held responsible for what may happen then.
Gigi recently posted..It’s amazing what changes a year (or seven or eight) will bring…..
I loved it so much, I wrote a poem in response….
Now I have to find the original book – I never heard of it ’til today and now I’ve read about it on two blogs!
The Grouchy Mom recently posted..Wake The F*ck Up – A Response To Scary Mommy
Pure genius!!!!!!!!!
Seriously? This might be the best thing I’ve ever read. Ever.
Lol, too funny!
this is just so hilariously true!
You are my fucking hero.
Rachel {at} Mommy Needs a Vacation recently posted..Mommy Pampering Time
Love love love!!
Tonya recently posted..The Summer That Was
Awesome!
I’m assuming this is the abbreviated version, because I’m seeing chapters here ;)
Lady Estrogen recently posted..Cock-A-Doodle…Purple
Nice work, my friend. Nice work :)
Practical Parenting recently posted..A Taste of Fall
Please forward a copy to my husband asap.
Stephanie recently posted..Captain M & M
Brilliant and spot on. Now I have a bedtime story to read to my husband.
Brittany at Mommy Words recently posted..Letting Go, Yet Holding Tight
Bwahahaha! Love this, it is perfection!
Andrea recently posted..The Broken Road
You really got me with the hall light. My SOB husband just won’t do it. Weeks of asking…..the snoring rings true as well….ok all of it! Awesome job, Jill! Once again, you nailed it!
JG recently posted..Pass the placenta, please.
That was fabulous! I was cracking up at the first stanza.
Beth recently posted..She KNOWS
This has made my day!
Are you kidding me? You’re a genius! I must print and post on my fridge. WTF, this needs to be posted around town for all man to see!! Awesome
Absolutely awesome!!!
Cheryl @ Coffee with Cheryl recently posted..“What are you doing?”
I’m sooo emailing this to my husband!
So poignant and moving! (picture a single tear trickling down my cheek)
Thank you for sharing this emotional tour de force ;)
lori Stefanac (Lola) recently posted..Liar Liar, Hand on Fire
Sing it, sister!
Pie trap! LOVE IT!
Lee recently posted..R U OK? Really?
Love it!
Stephanie @ Figments of a Mom recently posted..After the Hurricane
Love it!!
Kim recently posted..Silver Turquoise Necklace
This is so right on! Awesome. You rock!
Old School/New School Mom recently posted..Sibling Rivalry
the best. You really are THAT good. Sharing with everyone.
wendy @ mama one to three recently posted..40 Is the New Breakdown
Or perhaps you might be interested in my spin off, Go The Fuck Back To School… http://shannoncolleary.blogspot.com/2011/09/go-fk-back-to-school.html
The Woman Formerly Known as Beautiful recently posted..I Know It’s Not Modern, But I’m In Love With My Husband
Hilarious!!!! I love it!
Nicki recently posted..Potty Training Tuesday #15
I think I need to read this to my sleeping husband, right now!
Bridget recently posted..Body Image Issues
Brilliance
I’m gonna need to see some illustrations.
Julie recently posted..Monday Meals: Marie Callender’s, you can cook for me any time
I love this so much I want to frame it and give it to my husband.
How did you read my mind?? I have definitely been there…….
Optimistic Mom recently posted..Wives! FOOTBALL is POWER
This was hilarious!!
Kelley recently posted..Labor Day Special: PREZ Candy Dispensers
Fantastic!
Love it!!!!!!!!!!
I didn’t think it was possible to love you more, Jill. But yes, you just proved that it is :)
I <3 you!!
(BTW – its totally legit that I used the <3 now, since its in the dictionary).
AMENNNNNNNNNNN!!
Such a relief to know that I am not alone!
Beautiful!
holy hell – my husband would SNAP if I posted something like this!! BUT frankly – I LOVE IT!
Tiaras & Tantrums recently posted..Texture Tuesday {crackerjack}
That is fucking beautiful! You are a poet.
cindafuckingrella recently posted..Dear Cinda: Pilates Or Not?
I’m in love with this. Sending to my husband now!
This is too funny!
Paula @ thewilyweez recently posted..F*ck You Fridays
I only hate naps when the husband is taking one!!!!
Too funny!!!!
Michelle Saunderson recently posted..So Frustrating That I Just Want to Scream
This is award-winning. And an ode to most husbands.
Erin I’m Gonna Kill Him recently posted..Lee Stress-On Nails
LOL! Add just a few more “fucks” and you have a normal conversation with my husband.
NoDramaMomma recently posted..5 Reasons Parenting Doesn’t Suck
You realize you should totally have published this, right? Every wife in American would buy a copy.
No, we definitely wouldn’t. Such garbage, it’s a shame an intelligent woman has nothing better to write about. Women wonder why their marriages are falling apart it’s because of this kind of attitude towards their husbands, no respect.
Oh please, it’s tongue and cheek. Marriage takes a sense of humor to last too. Geez.
And she has plenty of other great things to write about, and has. Have you read this blog for a while???
Elaine recently posted..11 Hours a Week!
Gosh, I’m with Amy. What a shame, you ladies.
*totters off in her high heels and pearls to vacuum the den*
I LOVE it!
Johanna recently posted..Truth and Beauty
So hilarious. You have crazy-amazing talent.
I truly thought I was the only one with half the lights in my house burnt out.
Jessica recently posted..The Hot Seat and a Prize!
I hope you get the band back together, put this sucker to music, and make it an anthem. Nicely done!
Team Suzanne recently posted..1986 & funny penguins
This is now the anthem of Mom/Wives in my neighborhood! Thanks for the laugh out loud and for the knowledge that there are others out there behind gritted teeth whose heads are screaming this too!!
you need to put this under “must read posts” below!!
Skye Diaz | motherhood, etc. recently posted..alyssa milano’s baby boy’s first photo!
I love Go the Fuck to Sleep and I love your version.
Men are as equally annoying as children. And if you ever get your husband to change the hall light, send him over to put some outlet covers on, would you? Mine is indisposed. With ESPN.
Love it! Unfortunately, we can all relate! My husband and the cat are starting to look like twins! The snoring! – My mom told me a neat little trick she does to my dad – when she can’t take the snoring one more second, she pinches his *nose closed and then he has to open his mouth to breathe. It works in most cases, unless my husband’s mouth is already open, and he’s doing that crazy sleep apnea type snore – then I just wake him up and tell him to roll over. *Don’t hold both openings closed at the same time. lol.
Kelly recently posted..McKinney North Bulldogs Blue and Orange Team Spirit Paw Print Necklace
oh this is great… totally feel ya!
OMG I love it. Hilarious. I’m emailing it to my husband now =)
Marta recently posted..You Probably Won’t Read This
FANTASTIC.
Heather recently posted..If Dads Were Moms
Oh my gosh…that is the funniest thing I have read in a long time! I think I will post it in my house!
Mandy recently posted..InstaFriday
Wonderful. I swear, if the kids didn’t know how to read, I’d put it on the fridge.
I’m so late to this parade. Fantastic. Just awesome.
That’s hilarious. I’ve told my husband that if he doesn’t start using the pile of Breathe Right strips I bought him, I’m going to shove them up his ass as I shove him out the door.
His snores can wake the dead. I’m sorry you have the same problem.
Shan @ Last Shreds Of Sanity recently posted..Ten Years
omg. Seriously, this is so hilarious. Calling in the hubby to read it right now. Love it. All of it!!
Jo-Anna
Jo-Anna recently posted..September 11
I would like to have this printed on a T-shirt, if I could. Just when I thought you couldn’t be any more awesome…
Bohemian Hijabi recently posted..Ten Things I Hate
I am new to your blog, have been glued to my computer for hours reading all your posts!
This made my day, week, month and YEAR. love it and thank you for your genuine honesty.
Comments on this entry are closed.