Rex Trulove
I found this meme funny. I don’t know how many times my wife or daughter have said something like, “I’ll be ready to go in two minutes.” Fifteen minutes later, I’ll still be waiting for them to finish doing what they assured me would take ‘just a second’. I know that I’ve been guilty of doing the same thing. I also remind myself that I often set unreasonable expectations. Correcting this is a work in progress for me.
I’ve come to realize that if my wife is doing her Bible study, “I’ll be done in five minutes” really means, “You might as well relax because it is going to take me at least a half hour to finish this part of my study.”
Words do mean things and nearly all of us are guilty of sometimes saying one thing and meaning another. That is definitely true in matters of time. I’m constantly waiting on my wife to do something that is taking far longer than she said it would. Of course, if she must wait for me, it is a different matter entirely and she can be quite impatient, to the point of being terse.
All of this could probably be corrected in one of two ways. If we said what we meant and what others could reasonably expect, the situation would be defused before it became an issue. Otherwise, if each of us set our own reasonable expectations, many difficulties could be avoided.
I used to be very impatient, particularly when someone gave me a set time-frame and I end up waiting for them. It honestly doesn’t bother me anymore. I just multiply their time estimate by pi, squared. By the time I can mentally figure out what that number is mentally, they are finally ready. Hey, it works.
Sometimes, we’re just too use to such “phase” – “I’ll be there in a minute”, “Just a second” and the scariest one of all – “On my way”…LOL
That is so very true. I’ve used all of those phrases, as well. I have to consciously keep myself from doing that.
At our house it’s my husband who doesn’t seem to be aware of the clock. It’s especially tense for me when we are supposed to go to some appointment together and I’m waiting for him to get home so we can leave together. Sometimes I wonder if I should leave without him if it’s an appointment we can be charged for not keeping if I’m late.
Yep, been there and done that. Thankfully, it isn’t appointments that are usually an issue. If either of us misses an appointment, it is usually because we forgot and we usually get to appointments a little early.
When he’s not going with me, I also try to get to appointments early. I can always read while I wait. My husband is more like “The Poky Little Puppy.” I don’t know if you ever read that Little Golden Book about the little puppy who would go out with the other puppies during the day but then get distracted by interesting things and when the signal to come back home sounded, he was always the last one home and sometimes was too late for dinner. I’ve forgotten most of the details after 70 years, but never forgotten the details.
I’ve never read the book, but the point is quite valid.
I wish we could edit comments. I meant to say above in that last sentence that I’ve never forgotten the story.
I personally do not like to wait. So I try to always get in time so that other people would not wait for me. But people are differen
My husband doesn’t like to wait, either, but it doesn’t seem to bother him much that my blood pressure rises a bit while I’m waiting and wondering if he will be home in time or ready in time to leave before we are late for an appointment or the restaurant where we want to have lunch closes.
Well, obviously he’s a phlegmatic husband who’s good for him.
Ati’s guardian high pressure is not good.
Although I think you have agreed with time
I have to admit, my wife and daughters have been pretty good in this regard. My mother was a huge offender, however. When I was a kid and my parents were going out, I used to say to her “You’re going to wear that?” My father would look at me like “I’m going to kill you.”
LOL Around here, I do give some allowance for the fact that neither of us is as spry as we were a decade or two ago, so we often take additional time doing anything. The funny thing, though, is that my wife hates to be kept waiting. My daughter tends to be worse and is often quite impatient. I am sometimes impatient as well and recognizing that fact helps me handle my feelings when someone takes longer to do things than I think they should.
I know on a woman and I can get angry late, but Mother is Mother.
A similar thing happens to me, but women are like that. We need to have a reserve for waiting and be ready for it.
Yes and along with that, we need to be mindful of when we do the same thing. I often catch myself almost doing the same thing.
Ohh, those are light lies! No worries! The problem begins when something bigger is in question ?
It also helps to be patient. That is a trait I’m not especially known for.