I’m a mix of both. I never mean to be late, its almost as if I have no control over it. I’m taking a psychology class right now and turns out that things like that are kinda preprogrammed in our brains. Do a Google search for brain dominance test and both you and your husband take it. It’s quite interesting lol.

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Ah Kailani, I would drive you nuts!

I am almost always tardy. How much depends on the circumstances. if you were waiting for me in public or we had something important arranged I’d be there on time or within 4-5 minutes. But plans like parties or dinner or lunch at someone’s house I might be up to 15 minutes late.

My dad was the exact opposite of yours. He was on average an hour late for anything. Eventually everyone learned to tell him 2pm, if say they wanted him there for 3pm. This did annoy me when I was a kid, but as an adult I can’t seem to get over the tendency to be tardy. Even if I get organized ahead of time, it seems like something will always come up so I am slightly late.

But the upside is I am very understanding if you get caught up and leave me twiddling my thumbs.

Kelly

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I am pretty sure that I’ve already told you that I am JUST like your dad. If I am not 5 minutes early then I am late. I have apologized for being late when I was acutally 2 minutes early before. LOL! But I get all antsy if I’m not early. Of course I get annoyed when the party I’m suposed to be meeting is late.

My DH isn’t late normally but likes to stall just enough to have us be “on time”…it used to get me annoyed because this plan of his doesn’t allow for something happening to keep us from being on time…accident, car trouble, weather…what have you. It used to drive me nuts…until I realized that if we were late, it wouldn’t be my fault…I could blame DH.

Last week however, I don’t know what was going on in my head, but we left the house WAY too early and were going to show up 45 minutes before we were suposed to be there. DD was asleep in the back, so I just drove around trying to kill time and then had to stop at a McDonalds to use their restroom before we got there. Crazy, huh?

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Since I’ve had twins, I am late, late, late. For almost everything. I am hoping to be more punctual now that they’re 1 yr old!!

Hi, I just found your blog (and am de-lurking, which is a first for me!).

I am perpetually early. I have a theory that if i am early to something that is unpleasant (a boring class, work, a dentist appointment) that it will be over sooner.

And for good things i’ll just have more goodness to enjoy.

Ha! I’m always (or try to be) early. I’m just like you. If I’m late, it couldn’t be helped. There was some accident I had to get through or whatever. I like to be early and wait than be late and make others wait.

One of my friends is just like your husband, but worse. When I tell him we’re doing something, I tell him a half hour or hour earlier than the event. That way I know I’ll be there (because I’m early) and he’ll arrive just about on time. Works out. We call it his “primping time” lol

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Definately punctual. I hate being late for anything. The problem is that I get really annoyed if other people are late. I start clock-watching and take it as a personal insult which causes a lot of unncessary stress really.

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So true! I cant stand to be late. Oh it upsets me so. Sometimes it cant be avoided, and i let that slide, but when its pure laziness, or pokiness, it makes me upset.

I was always on time or early before children. With children I am often a tad on the late side. I will be ready, but they won’t be.

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On time. Always. The only time I am late is from other factors, like Hubby, traffic or somebody else’s influence. My Dad never owned a watch and had a job that he couldn’t just leave whenever. So as a young girl I spend many hours waiting for my Dad. I make sure nobody has to wait for me, even if I am the one waiting because I am so early.

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i used to be (well i guess i still am) very anxious if i’m not early. i had another baby back in april and it seems like it takes forever to get out of the house. now, we’re not early, but we’re usually on time… and seldom tardy. which makes my stomach hurt!

I think I am a mixture of both. I try really hard to be on time, but sometimes it just does not happen. I am lucky that with my job, I can pretty much go in any time I want.

Andrew gets pretty upset if we are late, so I try harder (for him) to get ready on time. I figured out, though, that I was poorly judging how much time I had before he was ready to leave. I would have several things to do before I was ready, but would think I had plenty of time because he was still in his bath robe. But, then, all of the sudden, he would be ready. Apparently, it does not take him very long to get ready from that point. So now, I try to get ready and then do other things like check email or blogs. It is starting to work for us.

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Morning Kailani!

Again, kindred spirits as I abhor being late or keep people waiting. And I get QUITE irritated with people who say they are going to be somewhere at a certain time and don’t arrive until THIRTY minutes later. My MIL and SIL are TERRIBLE about this - so much so, that we refuse to wait for them anymore.

For example: My in-laws are notorious for calling to say they will be at our house within 15 minutes. We now know, this could mean, 30 to 60 minutes later, if at all. So, if we’re planning to go somewhere (and we usually are, they always call at the most inconvenient times), we simply give them the allotted time to show up and if they don’t, we go about our business as usual. Yes, they have been irritated that we weren’t there, but we simply told them, next time, show up when you say you’re going to. They have since learned to do that.

My SIL’s family - GOOD LORD - these people have no concept of time. And I can’t tell you the number of times we’ve held a family dinner NEARLY TWO HOURS, to wait for them. The whole family has finally gotten sick of it and we eat when we’re scheduled to eat. They show up late, they eat late - period.

I think it’s incredibly rude to keep people waiting. To me, that ranks right up there with promising to do something and then not doing it. If you can’t promise to be somewhere at a certain time, then don’t promise at all; there are no expectations and life can go on.

Sorry, but this is also a pet peeve of mine. We almost always arrive on the dot. If we’re early, we drive around a few minutes to insure we arrive on time.

Anal? Perhaps. But we don’t keep people waiting or wondering, either.

Bravo to you for figuring out a system that works.

I am a “Get there early to find a seat and go pee before everything gets started” sort of person. My husband is also often late, but I find it is because he perpetually underestimates how long it takes to get from hither to yon and because he never takes into account that it actually takes a few minutes to get into coats and hike downstairs and out into the garage and into the car and buckle up and open the garage door and close the garage door and finally, you know, GO.

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Will you still like me if I say I’m a female clone of your husband? If it helps, I’m recovering. My husband has helped my late-a-holic tendencies a lot. After 15 years of marriage, I’m finally starting to be on time as a rule instead of an exception.

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Kailani, I am right there with you. I was also raised that being early was really on time. Much to my horror my husband was not raised that way. I also have to move around times and factor in getting hubby and our two boys out of the house. I know when I was teaching I was always the first to events with my classes because I never wanted to be the one that had the hairy eyeball for being late. I hope to teach my sons to continue with this in a not too obsessive manner like mommy.

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I never get anywhere right on time. Either I am very early or a little late. I try to shoot for early. What’s funny is my husband. He thinks he’s on time everywhere, but I always have to shove him out the door. Most of the times I’m late it’s because he’s with me. He wouldn’t believe it if I told him, though.

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I am like you — VERY punctual! And it drives my kids crazy and always has! But even with raising 3 small kids along side a teenager, I was always able to get everyone where they needed to be and ON TIME! It is NOW driving me crazy because mother-in-law is not so easy to coax along to get her stuff done — and she’s not 3, so I can’t just do it for her! I find myself frequently having to apologize for being late — even if I started getting ready 2 hours early! MOST people understand and are forgiving — but Drs. offices are not so understanding! (the very ones who SHOULD understand!) LOL!

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I am on time OR early.
But like you it’s the others in this house that sometimes make me late *sigh*

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Punctual. “If you’re on time, you’re late!” That’s what I grew up with. We are not late . . . I can’t stand having other people wait for me . . . and I will not let other people wait for my kids. I guess I feel like if it’s important, you find a way to be there on time.

I’m usually punctual… but, having kids can sometimes throw a big wrench in that!!

before the baby was born I was always early - now I’m late all the time, I’m trying to change that
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Hmm, well before I had kids, I was always on time or early for everything. But now - early is a thing of the past. I try to aim for leaving 15 minutes early in hopes that we’ll be on time, but more often than not we run late. I hate that!

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I’m like you - I’m proud to be punctual! I think it came from my parents’ influence, as well as the military’s. When I was in the military, I was always 15 minutes early for everything!

Good topic!

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I am very punctual. I cannot stand tardiness, it makes me crazy. I know there are times, but I always allow myself extra time so we will be on time. =)

I’m always on time, until I figure out how far I can push it.
Like, one of my friends is always late, so when I’m meeting her so am I.
But on the first day of a new job or something, I’m always early. But if I discover it’s not that important, I slack off a bit. Bad me.
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It truly depends on the day. But I’m probably tardy more than punctual. It’s hard getting three to five people out the door on time for anything.

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I am with you…I like to be ready and get there ahead of time. As opposed to my husband who says he’s ready to go…then when I say let’s go, he says, “I just have to put on my socks and shoes and brush my teeth!” Then you WEREN’T ready, were you??? ARGH! So I usually say we need to leavea few minutes before we actually go too…

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You are more lenient with your DH than I am. I actually tell him that we have to be out of the house 1/2 hour before we actually do. And yes, it usually works out perfect. I often wonder why he’s like that though. He can’t use hair & make up as an excuse! I have one daughter that is punctual like me & one that came out just like him!

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So similar to your life that it’s scary.

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I gotta admit - I’m perpetually tardy or JUST in time. I’m very bad.

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Good evening Lady!
I too am always on time or early. I do not like to miss anything and forbid I should show such disrespect as to attend at all if I am to be late and to hold others up. I would excuse myself and apologize. I like getting there early and just having a moment calm as to not take that rushed energy into the room. I really dis like that. It serves for attention I would rather not acquire.
Often I will not comment on a post if I am late unless I think it would not be a hinderer. I think that it is nice to comment and let those I care about know I am thinking of them. Sometimes I can not get to the reading of other blogs each day.

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My dad was always early, too.

My brother and his wife — now that is another story. I would invite them for dinner and they would be an hour late. NO kidding…..

One time we just ate with out them and they got leftovers. Didn’t phase them.

Some people are just tardy hardy!!

Amazing! I felt like I was reading something that I wrote personally! I am going to try your “on time” strategy with my husband!

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I am either punctual or early because I don’t like dramatic entrances. I would rather be the one waiting than the one waited for.

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me punctual
him late

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