Sitting, Waiting, Wishing (Pet Peeve)

[LeeAndra]

I have been sitting in BF's living room for the last 90 minutes waiting for him to 'be ready' to go on his business trip. We had previously discussed a 6 pm departure, so I planned my day around this time, packing this afternoon, doing errands yesterday, etc.

When I got here at 6, I found BF's gigantic duffel bag on the dining room table where it is currently half packed and unzipped. He assured me that he was 'almost ready,' so I settled into said couch.

At 6:30, I walked by his office, where he's been squirreled away since 6, to find him rifling through all the receipts in his wallet and balancing his checkbook.

At 7, I asked if he wanted me to go get dinner. When I got back at 7:15, he said it would be 'just a minute' before he came out to eat.

It's now 7:30, and I finally busted out the laptop so I could talk to Emmy and waylay my boredom. Of course, I already ate my meal so it wouldn't get cold.

Lateness sooooo annoys me. BF just has no concept of time. It's not that we have to be there tonight at a certain time, as his training starts tomorrow morning, but the principle of the thing, kwim? If I can plan to leave at the agreed upon time, why can't he? We'll only be gone 3 days, so it's not that we need to pack for a couple weeks. I'm pretty sure the Internet exists in Ohio, so it's not like he can't pay bills, check email, etc. once we get there.

I just don't get it.

Is anyone else like me? Or like him? :p

[ColleenSwerb]

An hour + of lateness would def drive me nuts.

I don't mind some time here and there, but that much is TOO MUCH! Lol!

[~Julie~]

Yeah, that would annoy me too.
Have fun on your trip!

[Nikki Epperson]

Lateness irks me. Nuff said.

Have fun!

[joelsgirl]

I was like him till my husband fixed me. Now I think lateness is the epitome of rudeness. It's like saying other people {and their time} don't matter.

Good luck fixing him.

[Paula]

Ugh! I feel your pain girl! My DH is the EXACT same way!!

[Tracie Stroud]

Yep, I'd be annoyed too. :)

[crecia27]

O M G yes!! My husband and I just had a knock down drag out about this very topic this morning! I'm wicked sick of asking if he going to get ready for work, only for him to reply (in his most friendly voice of course) I AM ready - while he stands there buck naked :glare:

[LeeAndra]

P.S. We finally left at 8 pm. :p

He's lucky that Keith Urban's 'Making Memories of Us' came on the radio after we were abt 25 minutes down the road, and he grabbed my hand because he knows that it's one of my favorite songs or I STILL wouldn't be talking to him...

... because of the Great Chicken Caesar Salad Debacle that took place around 7:50.

That's what I had gotten him, btw, after asking him what he wanted ('I don't care.') and then again specifying was a salad okay ('Yeah, whatever.') only to have him come out of his office around 7:50 to say to put that salad in the fridge and he'd give me money for it later because it would just take 'too long' to eat and he had 'no time to deal with it.'

:cursing:

And THEN after we got in the car and were backing up out of the parking space at his apartment, he asked where the salad was because he thought he 'might eat it later.'

:cursing: :cursing:

I had gotten out to help him move his work stuff from his truck to my car and he says, 'Oh, don't bother getting it now.'

I happily told him that I had no such intention and that I was only offering to help move his junk since he is in a cast and all.

It's now 10:50, and we're sitting at the hotel in Cincy. He wanted to go out to eat, but I happily said I'd already eaten MY dinner and I was too tired to go out, so he'd just have to get room service.

So he did and is 'so hungry' as he waits for room service. I feel so bad for him.

:p

[iJenny]

LOL poor LeeAndra!! I'm the same way as you. A total time Nazi. I HATE lateness. I'm NEVER late (unless something crazy happens). In fact, I'm almost always early. Everywhere. My theory is, if you're on time, you're *almost* late. lol
Luckily, DH is the same way so we do well together.

[crystalbella77]

OMG! I am so like you...but luckily so is my hubby. We are always the early birds. We usually end up having to wait at whereever we are going because we are so early! LOL! I hope you guys finally made it out!

[GF Designz]

It would irk me as well! grrr

[mrshobbes]

Oy, I hate that. I hate making people wait and people making me wait. I mean, he could've said 7 or 730 instead, you could've used that extra hour to yourself.

Plus, sorry, even if it's a friend/BF/family member, I just find it rude :(

[HeatherKS]

Oh, I'd be thoroughly annoyed for sure. My dh is just like that and there's no changing them so don't bother trying. :p Life apparently runs on his schedule. To save my sanity, I just started leaving him at home if he wasn't ready when it was time to go. We leave for church at 10:00 am, if you're not ready to walk out the door, we're leaving without you. You can bring your car when you're ready. Not the most fuel conserving ways but I've gotta stay sane. LOL If I can get myself and 3 kids ready on time, surely he can be ready when we are, right? LOL

Sorry for the rant, can you tell that struck a nerve? :p

Oh and I had a band teacher in h.s. that used to say "If you're early, you're on time. If you're on time, you're late." Loved that man. LOL

[lizzyfizzy]

jenny= you

me= jeff

(is it any wonder we are BFF...we both drive each other crazy in the 'time' area!)

she doesn't understand why i'm consistantly late for playdates and i don't understand why it really flipping matters. lol i am not a good steward of my time. i know it. in general i need to be better...but to defend jeff and all the sweet time takers out there...there was no appointment...it didn't matter. :p

btw...i'm not a sweet time taker. i just put to much on my plate and then i'm running around like a crazy lady! plus...i can't leave my house unless it's spotless, so that takes time! :)

LOL!!!!

[Nettio]

jenny= you

me= jeff

(is it any wonder we are BFF...we both drive each other crazy in the 'time' area!)

she doesn't understand why i'm consistantly late for playdates and i don't understand why it really flipping matters. lol i am not a good steward of my time. i know it. in general i need to be better...but to defend jeff and all the sweet time takers out there...there was no appointment...it didn't matter. :p

btw...i'm not a sweet time taker. i just put to much on my plate and then i'm running around like a crazy lady! plus...i can't leave my house unless it's spotless, so that takes time! :)

LOL!!!!

This is so me too! It's bad I know. :D If I know I have to be somewhere by a certain time then I can usually make it but if it's just a self-imposed deadline then I tend to run late. I'm like Lizzy though, it's just because I try to do too much in too small of a period of time. It drives my DH absolutely crazy but he's slowly learned over time that if we agree to leave at 8 for something and there's no real deadline, we'll usually be leaving at 9. :D

[lizzyfizzy]

We usually end up having to wait at whereever we are going because we are so early! LOL! I hope you guys finally made it out!

See that is why I won't ever be an early bird...waiting! I would rather use that waiting time at home getting a load of laundry done or something. Ya know...

[Lukasmummy]

lol I am so guilty of corrupting Lukas to my way of working everything, 5 minutes usually means an hour and in a minute usually means somewhere between 15-30 minutes everything has an ish time. Even when I try and be on time something goes wrong and I am late anyway, so we just work on at least trying to be on time. Guess it really suits me that we rarely have to go anywhere :p Mark is a time nag when it comes to me, "hurry up, we are going to be late" but then ironically he's the one who makes us late go figure lol.

[meems]

before kids = LeeAndra
after kids = Jeff

oh LeeAndra, you do make me laugh!

[Voodoo_Bryn]

I'm totally a stickler for time. I grew up with my grandparents, who were from Finland, and it was totally rude to be late anywhere in Finland (back in their day) because of how costly it was to keep the house warm for guests. It was considered sincerely bad manners to be late, so my grandpa was always weird about it and it rubbed off on me.