So how do you get your visitors out the door a bit politely?

Two more nights of sleep and then we will wave goodbye to curfew a.k.a. avklo. Fine step on the way to that you forget all about time again and get home way too late, while of course having to work the day after. Honestly, that having to be at home wasn't so bad. If you are visiting, then of course you are free to leave whenever you want. But how do you make sure visitors don't suddenly go home at an unchristian hour?

The habituation went pretty fast for me. I went to bed earlier, moved everything in my day forward an hour and wrapped up cosy get-togethers around 8.30 pm at the latest. Under the guise: otherwise you won't be home on time. This allowed me to lounge on the sofa for another hour like a full granny and go to bed by ten. Intensely satisfied. In fact, with the disappearance of curfew, I am a little worried that I may have forgotten about a night out. I probably start yawning unabashedly at eight, want to brush my teeth at nine and then prefer to go to bed. But how do you actually get visitors to leave on time, without being called an uncouth old person? Because your image must also remain intact, of course.

1. Pretend it's still there?

A puking tactic, if you ask me. Just don't change your schedule, adjust everything to curfew and pour the last round around eight o'clock. On weekends, meet in the afternoon, because the afternoon date is the new cool.

2. Pretend your agenda is overflowing?

With the disappearance of curfew, your diary is hut-mut full. You can finally meet up with family coming from afar. Of course, no one needs to know that you are sitting on the sofa in pyjamas from eight o'clock at night.

3. You have to get up early for an appointment?

Not a word of it lied. I have imposed on myself a regime of getting up around six, exercising and then meditating. In fact, this is an agreement with myself and is just as important, so it is just more convenient to meet earlier.

4. Just fall asleep?

Normally, this happened to me at night around four while jacking off, but I bet this tactic is also very effective at eight in the evening.

5. Playing open cards?

Saying that you are totally content with your new daytime schedule, at the risk of being dismissed as elderly and never being invited again. Which has already happened to me, by the way, because I was sent a granny-emoticon when I said that that afternoon day walk was convenient because I could then enjoy watching a series in the evening. So in fact, I am already at that point.