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Let tonight be a lesson to all of us: Make sure you have established your own, and are aware of your loved ones', advance directives. Do you want to be awakened from your slumber when It Happens? Or do you want to find out when you awake naturally and unlock your phone? Let your loved ones know.

Hilariously, I am just now remembering that last night at 1am I jolted my husband awake b/c I was sure I heard prowler footsteps outside (we have a gravel yard) turns out it was the cat doing a big dig-scratch in our new stainless-steel litter box i can't wake this man up again for nothing

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We call that “head of tribe” duty and the household member the least likely to be offed by an intruder at any time must take on the mantle. Recently my husband undertook a full (unclothed, Fiennes-style) house investigation when it later transpired a kombucha bottle had exploded in a cupboard.

Apologies for chortling - I realize there's nothing funny about home invasion, but the mental image is just too great. Your hubs was brave and strong, probably powered by his phenomenal gut biome!

We wouldn’t call it ‘home invasion’ here. That would involve about 50 intruders. No, the British just see it as one or two people ‘breaking in’ as though they forgot their buglary pass card. Very quaint.