That all goes out the window once you have kids though. You can’t plan diaper blowouts, motion sickness induced car cleanup, meltdowns, suddenly needing endless snacks, ripping off all their clothes and refusing to get dressed, hiding their shoes, hiding your shoes, hiding your keys, napping late, napping early, … I could go on.
But then you’re likely meeting up with other parents, and they get it, too. So it’s not a big deal again. When a parent says they’ll be there (with kiddos), they’ll likely be somewhere between on time and an hour late.
Being a parent is irrelevant. All you have to do is text and say sorry this happened, be proactive not reactive. Something makes you late? Warn people you’ll be late so they can get started without waiting around for you.
Yeah, of course. You text when you leave to say how late you’re running, lol.
But you also never make plans to meet at a spot where kiddos can’t play. Doesn’t really matter exactly when you show up at a park or to a playdate at someone’s house, right?
Uh no. It matters. If you tell someone you’re going to be somewhere at a specific time, then it is rude to not be there at that time. The only way to make it okay is to call ahead and warn them that you will be late.
Even with a playdate like you said, the other parent may have food ready. They may have declined a different activity so they could meet with you. They may have left early from a different event, or even they were enjoying a TV program but stopped early to go meet with you. All of which if you would have called to say you’ll be late they could have continued. It doesn’t matter that you were meeting at a park, you put their life on hold for it, respect that they did that for you.
You have kids. Learn how to be on time, you’re supposed to be the one who can manage the time for them, not use them as an excuse.
Seriously. How is it that the guy who didn’t put an intermission in his 3.5 hour movie is whining about people not wanting to see his movies in the cinema anymore?
I’ll watch this one, but I’ll do it at home where I can take needed breaks.
A couple of my friends are really bad about this. It’s like wasting my time is a sport to them lol. No part of me wants to kick them repeatedly in the shins for being 2 hours late to something for eternity. No part at all…
We had one person in my friend group who was exactly 30mins late every time. Whenever we would make plans we would pretend to meet 30mins earlier to “offset” the lateness. It never worked bc whenever we would do this they would show up an hour after the fake planned time which meant they were still exactly 30mins late to the real start time.
Just ignore their arrival when this happens. They probably enjoy being center of attention for a bit when they show up, if you just carry on like they were always there, it’ll probably stop.
I’ve served food and it turns out it’s literally impossible to find a time when the table doesn’t have a mouthful, and actually make it to the table before one happens.
If you are by yourself sure, but 2+, can’t be done. Mostly because of conversation - one talks the other eats, then swap. I’ve tried many many times (when slow) because it bugs the shit out of me when it happens to me… which is always.
She asks if he wants to go on a walk, he agrees (as it’s implied that they’re going together), she says “see you around” revealing that she actually wanted him to go on a walk by himself and leave her alone.
The situation in the picture suggests the guy is romantically interested in the girl. Based on body language, the girl appears less interested. Based on this perception, somebody added the text in the post, which is written to sound like the girl is inviting the guy to go on a walk together. When the guy readily agrees to the arrangement, she surprisingly indicates that she is not actually going on the walk, but she was trying to find a way to ask him to leave without sounding impolite.
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