dont you just hate waiting to go out!!!

Oh I recognise that scenario. Once in the middle of all the packing, emptying bins, dressing children etc he started to mend the handle on the kitchen door.

When I protested he said “Well it’s got to be done sometime.” !

“Muggins” not “mugging” ?

I have two sisters. One is 'hurry up we need to get going'. The other one is 'Oh, we've got plenty of time, let's have another cup of coffee...'
I am never late and rarely early.

Further to the post about lunch guests arriving early, our worst was one Sunday in the early years of our marriage when we woke up in our usual bleary eyed state to find the friends we were expecting the following Sunday for lunch, smiling expectantly on the doorstep!
It was lunch in the pub that day. ???

What used to annoy me was that DH only had to get himself ready and out of the house.
OK years and years ago he would be I/c packing the car if we were going on holiday and making sure it had petrol etc, but.....
who tidied the kitchen, loaded and turned on the dishwasher, made the beds, straightened the sitting room, organised the children, locked up , went back to check the gas was off, locked up again?
Mugging of course. Latterly I had to help him get ready but even although I didn’t expect any input from him, I still used to feel worn to a frazzle by the time we left!

My mum and me had a few heated words about her arriving so early.
She would say "you're not even dressed!"
Yes mother, that's because I still have an hour to get ready in!

I had an aunt and uncle who always arrived hours before the time they were expected.

They arrived one Sunday at 8.30am, we were not even all up and dressed and my father was so fed up with them that when he saw them on the doorstep he told them to go away and not return until midday.

It worked, they arrived much later from then on, but years later my uncle would still tell me and others the story with bemusement, as if I hadn't been there. He never understood the problem, because he said he and his wife would have been quite happy sitting in the living room and keeping out of the way.

My mum would think nothing of arriving an hour or so before the time we had agreed, and sat there drumming her fingers..

I must add I am usually on time. Perhaps its because men just get ready whereas ad others have pointed out women will tidy round etc .

Jalima I just read your earlier comment. I must have flicked through too fast. I think our husbands might say they are married to the same woman. I often come downstairs with nail varnish still drying. lol. Perhaps we need to start earlier.

Jalima1108 and annep I'm married to him too!

I get angry if someone is really late, and I'm waiting 'with me hat in me hand' as my mum used to say.
I like to be ready roughly on time.

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Are we married to the same man?

Jalima thats what I thought until I read your post and scrolled back lol.
What I hate about getting ready is my husband standing at rhe front door as soon as he is ready until I appear maybe 15 minutes later. Then I'll ask if he has checked the back door and the answer is no.

Well done merlot's mother!

Yes, I find it awkward to get ready for exactly the right time but hate to be late so am usually ready far too early. Mostly, I just read a book until the departure time.

My grandmother (in the 1930's) used to get my mother and my aunt dressed up to go out and, because she didn't want them to get dirty, she'd have them stand on the doorstep sometimes for a few minutes before it was time to leave.

Ha Ha, jalima. My mother's version of having a quick vacuum around would be to get out of the way while the cleaner did it.

Not waiting at home because I never really go anywhere now where I need collecting but the weeks I must have spent waiting at Euston station over the last 20 years since DD moved up North ?
I cannot stop myself getting there an hour early 'just in case' ?

Another early person here. I blame a professional life run by appointment times. Mr C has also recently decided its necessary to be early. It’s fine, it’s what we do but why, oh why, are the majority of our friends late people?

Snap M0nica I have what I call 10 minute slots. If DH isn’t quite ready to go out I have a quick reccy at what I could do e.g.empty the dishwasher, fold some washing, sort some receipts, reorganise handbag etc.

If I am waiting outside to be collected by a friend I get out my IPhone and play one of the games apps I have downloaded. I never just stand there.

I am another 'Justine Time'.

I can always find several 5 - 10 minute jobs I can get done, all of them, in the few minutes before we go anywhere

Airports are a different matter - I would always be early for a flight (circumstances permitting).

I have been so early at the airport for my flight that the earlier flight was just boarding........ I was allowing for traffic/ winter weather conditions etc. but even so, it's still only a 25 minute drive to the airport.

Is there a thread for New Year's Resolutions yet?