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Not being on time to a planned event. I want to be slightly early/on time. For reasons unbeknownst to me, when I say "we need to leave at 35 after to get there on time", the people I'm going with aren't ready until 50 after. Drives me absolutely bonkers.
I hate not being on time. It gives me mad anxiety. I’m usually 10 mins early and then everyone else is late (which I’m surprisingly ok with - I just don’t want to be late myself).
I can completely understand how anxious and upset you’d be if someone made you wait so you were late to an event.
One time in high school I was supposed to go to a movie with a friend of mine, she was supposed to come to my place first and we'd leave from there. She never showed up (and it was the 90s so no texting) so I was just like "okay" and went about my day. Two days later she randomly showed up at my house and asked if I wanted to go. I said no because she was two entire days late and now I'm doing something else, and she got annoyed at me for not dropping everything and going.
I do not understand this.