Every night when we go to bed, whoever gets up and leaves the living room first gets to wish the other one “good luck with the lamps!”. As in, turning off the lights. I have no idea why it started but it’s been going on for years and years.
If we’re watching a TV show and the last episode of the night is ending the whole atmosphere changes, we get super tense and both start trying to get ready to go without the other noticing and then we’ll spring up and run for the door to be the one who doesn’t have to have good luck with the lamps. If we were lying snuggling together on the couch, we’ll literally wrestle to be first one up. I got him a custom printed mug with it on, and our first lamp is like our relationship mascot. It’s just a whole thing.
We are middle-aged marrieds.
I expect one day, hopefully far in the future, as one of us peacefully passes away while the other holds their hand and gazes tearfully into their eyes, regardless of which of us it is their last words will be “good luck with the lamps”.
I’ve been replacing our light switches with smart switches. We tell Alexa good night and she turns off all the lights and locks the doors. I’m chuckling at the idea of telling Alexa “good luck with the lamps!”
We actually tried this! Tried to get her to say “Good luck with your lamps” as the reply because we’re British and terminally sarcastic like that, but ofc she doesn’t really do tone so it was underwhelming.
We turned it off and went back to the old fashioned way 😂
I do this with a Hue sync box. When we switch off the Apple TV the sync box stops syncing which tells Home Assistant it’s time to put the lights back to normal.
As for going to sleep, I simply set down my iPhone in a Qi charger and Home Assistant powers everything down, turns on a fan and reminds me to close any doors I may have left open (we like to open up our space).
It even adjusts the lights accordingly based on who’s asleep. At one point we carried Bluetooth trackers around so it knew exactly who was in each room but my wife got tired of the tracker real quick.
We do this with the dog. He refuses to move. He needs to go out and then coerced upstairs to bed. It’s a real hassle. So whoever is last has to deal with it. I’ll leave a show halfway through just so I don’t have to deal with him. Spoiled diva
Every night when we go to bed, whoever gets up and leaves the living room first gets to wish the other one “good luck with the lamps!”. As in, turning off the lights. I have no idea why it started but it’s been going on for years and years.
If we’re watching a TV show and the last episode of the night is ending the whole atmosphere changes, we get super tense and both start trying to get ready to go without the other noticing and then we’ll spring up and run for the door to be the one who doesn’t have to have good luck with the lamps. If we were lying snuggling together on the couch, we’ll literally wrestle to be first one up. I got him a custom printed mug with it on, and our first lamp is like our relationship mascot. It’s just a whole thing.
We are middle-aged marrieds.
I expect one day, hopefully far in the future, as one of us peacefully passes away while the other holds their hand and gazes tearfully into their eyes, regardless of which of us it is their last words will be “good luck with the lamps”.
That sounds absolutely mental in the most wholesome way haha.
Yeah pretty much
I’ve been replacing our light switches with smart switches. We tell Alexa good night and she turns off all the lights and locks the doors. I’m chuckling at the idea of telling Alexa “good luck with the lamps!”
We actually tried this! Tried to get her to say “Good luck with your lamps” as the reply because we’re British and terminally sarcastic like that, but ofc she doesn’t really do tone so it was underwhelming.
We turned it off and went back to the old fashioned way 😂
Google has a decent British voice. But no tone either. I wonder if you made it ‘ya or lamps’
I was just thinking… Home assistant routine?
I do this with a Hue sync box. When we switch off the Apple TV the sync box stops syncing which tells Home Assistant it’s time to put the lights back to normal.
As for going to sleep, I simply set down my iPhone in a Qi charger and Home Assistant powers everything down, turns on a fan and reminds me to close any doors I may have left open (we like to open up our space).
It even adjusts the lights accordingly based on who’s asleep. At one point we carried Bluetooth trackers around so it knew exactly who was in each room but my wife got tired of the tracker real quick.
We do this with the dog. He refuses to move. He needs to go out and then coerced upstairs to bed. It’s a real hassle. So whoever is last has to deal with it. I’ll leave a show halfway through just so I don’t have to deal with him. Spoiled diva
That is the cutest thing ever.
I felt this. Thanks for sharing
This sounds like the build up of a scary as fuck movie.
One evening, she didn’t have good luck with the lamps.