Need help here ladies re poker nights

[Maria 05]

:hopmad::hissyfit::hammer::hammer::hammer::hammer: :hammer::hammer::hammer:
Obviously any of the above will not help me win my argument that was just to make me feel better so instead of maiming and killing I decided to ask for help
Here is the problem

Monday nights have been poker nights in my appartment and usually the men are very well behaved but for the last few weeks the noise level has once again increased. Now usually at midnight I am in bed we do not allow smoking in our appartment so the men use our back door to smoke again for most of the time there has never been a problem with this however here is my vent

Monday night I was awoken at midnight by the men holding a post mortem over their hands so I got up and told them to "please gentlemen I was asleep"
The men apologised and I went back to bed to be awoken again at 12:30 1:45 and 1 am so I locked the back door and told them if they wished to smoke to use the front door I was not having rows outside my bedroom window.
I was then awoken at 2 am by a huge argument. I have to say my temper did get the better of me and I was very cross with them but I had to work in the morning and they had woken me now half a dozen times! What really annoyed me was jacQues did not stand up for me and told me to go back to bed. :hammer:

Now here is what I have come up with for the sake of my sanity as I found out the reason I hate Tuesdays is I am not getting enough sleep Monday Nights does this seem reasonable to you or am I coming across as a Witch
I do not want to ban poker outright

Gentlemenplease remember we are in appartments and we do not want to stop Monday Night Poker but if complaints are made to the landlady regarding the noise level we will have to.
1. After midnight the backdoor will be locked as my bedrooom is located in the rear of the appartment and I do not wish to be distrubed you may smoke out the front but be quiet when entering and leaving the appartment remember there are people upstairs.
2. You can disagree with the rules or have a bad beat but this is not to result in a repeat of what can only be described as a roaring match any such behaviour will not be tolerated and will result in the people in question been asked to leave.

If you do not wish to respect the above please find a different venue for Monday Night Poker.


Does that seem fair or am I still :hissyfit: too mad to see sense.

[*alissa*]

I think it is perfectly reasonable.
A. You have to work in the morning
B. I think you were very patient, particularly with the fact that your DH did not back you up (I would have kicked them ALL out including DH at that point)

Expecting a little common curtesy is NOT being a witch. Whenever my DH has friends over he repeatedly tells them the rules of the house, and knows that if his friends don't at least try to respect them, then they will not be welcome here. He understands that the kids have chool, and need their sleep, and that I have to get up with them to ge them to school.....now on Friday or Saturday nights......I am more relaxed about the noise level, becasue no one has to be up early............

[Stitch's girl]

Is it at your house every week? Can any of the other guys have a turn in the rotation for hosting it?

I think what you said sounds very fair.

[Venus]

I think you are being very fair. Personally, I think DH should be the one to tell them this and enforce it or go hang somewhere else.

[carolinalady67]

:yeah: I would also agree with the rotation of where poker night is held. And really agree the DH should be the one to deal with this. It is not asking to much for them to behave after midnight.

[RadishWife]

All I have to say is :hammer:

[Naima]

Gimme the hammer, luv... I'll get them for you.

[Krissy]

You are NOT overreacting! They are being flat out disrespectful. I would certainly ask them to not smoke underneath your bedroom window when you're trying to sleep.

And as someone else asked.....why can't they rotate where they have the game?

[nikkiscott]

I would ask other half if they could maybe rotate where the game is being held every Monday. I don't think that it is not fair that you are the only ones holding it, but I think it should be held at other peoples places as well. And I hope that they don't say well their wives wan't let us cause we are noisey.....