Mother should go to sleep - how?

I want to invite a boy to join me, but that will not happen until my mother goes to sleep. However, she's always watching Netflix and he can't sneak in. How can I send my mother to bed?

This is a bit difficult.

It will probably work best if you tell her that she looks tired or if you are wondering if today was not a stressful day for her or if she is not tired.

Yawning may help too. If you yawn, the other usually has to yawn automatically. Maybe then she thinks she is tired and has to go to bed.

You can also ask her if she does not have much to do tomorrow and if it would not be better to go to bed so she is fit for tomorrow.

However, it must not be too obvious, otherwise she will notice that something is in the bush and becomes suspicious.

All the best and have fun with the boy!

I know that too and have with any "send in bed" trial quite bad experiences. A note because she is tired, stressed ect. Looks, a short yawn here… Yes, that's it. But no more. Parents have very fine antennas for such a thing, then prefer not to say anything at all.

My Mum also always sleeps in front of the TV, half an hour before she is already so gone that you can safely sneak out.

Unfortunately, you can't do much. Maybe unobtrusively turn down the sound if that works. In the future, you can see that you do that before and you eat it earlier. And then you can only wait.

Install her Netflix on the phone and make her the bedroom as comfortable as possible (many pillows on the bed, tealight candles). If she's in the bedroom with her cell phone if possible with headphones for better sound experience, it should work out that she does not notice.