As someone with really bad ADHD, I was late for almost everything for a long

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Nov 25, 2021
2:01:19pm

crack Truly Addicted User

As someone with really bad ADHD, I was late for almost everything for a long

time. I could know I was late, be thinking I should go, and not stop doing something totally insignificant.

When I became a SAHD, I really made an effort for my kids to be on time because I didn't want people to feel sorry for them because of their dad's issues. My older one is 15 and I can count on one hand how many times he has been late to something. But it took a lot of structure and behavioral changes to make it happen.

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Time

Question for those who are chronically late to things.

seco03

11/25/21 1:27pm

Selfishness, arrogance, poor time management. Don't care about being rude.

BYUtka

11/25/21 1:28pm

All these plus procrastination and over-committing themselves to other things. People with this mindset can rationalize

CLCougar

11/25/21 1:32pm

It’s generally trying to do too much in too little time. And poor planning.

Future_Tacos

11/25/21 1:37pm

Or exquisite planning to avoid helping with any of the work..just show up like a rock star and expect to get fawned over

CLCougar

11/25/21 2:09pm

I don’t it’s that simple, and I don’t think it’s just because people are turds.

seacougar

11/25/21 4:08pm

I don't think they believe that they are that late that often.

seco03

11/25/21 1:29pm

Bad time management in all cases I know of.

Memmo

11/25/21 1:30pm

It’s part of my family’s culture unfortunately. But at least it’s not Brazil,

BlooCoog

11/25/21 1:32pm

That was part of a training I just did at work.

Y05

11/25/21 1:47pm

Hold on. Let me get my wife. (We're late right now.)

DomCasual

11/25/21 1:35pm

Ever since having kids I am late to anything that requires bringing kids

JoeExotic

11/25/21 1:37pm

That is the same excuse my sister uses, but I don't understand how she can get

Pickett

11/25/21 1:47pm

Because we see school as critical and a family event as non-critical.

JoeExotic

11/25/21 1:53pm

My brother in law uses this excuse. But he was late to everything before having kids, now he just has someone to blame.

TCuz

11/25/21 3:19pm

If you’re not 3 minutes early you’re 5 minutes late

Beggar

11/25/21 1:41pm

In my book, 5 minutes late to a social event is on time.

Joe Banks

11/25/21 1:45pm

Nothing wrong with being late to things if you give people a heads up first

JoeExotic

11/25/21 2:00pm

There is stuff wrong with it.

byujacob

11/25/21 3:39pm

I disagree

JoeExotic

11/25/21 3:58pm

I know. But you are still wrong.

byujacob

11/25/21 5:18pm

Of course he doesn’t think so. Or he’d be on time

Memmo

11/25/21 4:11pm

As someone with really bad ADHD, I was late for almost everything for a long

crack

11/25/21 2:01pm

Tell them you’re starting 1/2 hour earlier than you really are.

lightmann

11/25/21 2:06pm

People enable the late-comers. Set a time. Start on time. If they are late - that's their problem. Don't enable them

Zenoch

11/25/21 2:13pm

Lots of anger issues in this thread. Maybe people come late to your events

Abe Froman

11/25/21 2:40pm

Methinks thou protesteth too much. Otherwise known as..

CLCougar

11/25/21 2:45pm

Nah, I’m almost never late, and we host Thanksgiving at our place.

Abe Froman

11/25/21 3:31pm

Some truth to this. I am far more likely to get my family on time

JoeExotic

11/25/21 4:03pm

I notice it’s an anxiety thing. I think some people slow down under pressure

Roykeane

11/25/21 3:08pm

It could be cultural...some cultures run on event time instead of clock time

runnincoug

11/25/21 3:54pm

I’ve been told more than once that expecting punctuality is “racist”

seacougar

11/25/21 4:03pm

I wouldn't go that far but it IS cultural and our expectation of clock time

runnincoug

11/25/21 6:59pm

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