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[quote=Anonymous]Oh, I'm a bitch about stuff like that. I'll wait 15 minutes and if I haven't heard from you I just go on with my life. And I never EVER count on people to babysit if they're always late.

Grandma: Why haven't you asked me to babysit all month? I miss Larla.
Me: Oh! Because you're always late and we lose our reservation and don't get to see the movie. So it just wasn't working out. But tomorrow we'll be at the park from 2-4 if you want to meet us there.

And then I would go to the park from 2-4, and if she showed up at 3:55 right as we were packing up I'd say "I'm so glad we got to visit with you for a few minutes, but we're expected somewhere and need to leave now. Love you, bye!" If she is all wait wait, I only got two minutes I'd smile sadly and say "I know, I wish we had more time together too, but we only had from 2-4 here today, and we're expected somewhere else and can't be late. Sorry, bye!" AND THEN WE KEEP WALKING.

As I said, I am a bitch. But you teach people how to treat you. If it's a one time thing, or only ten minutes, that's fine. But not when I'm depending on you so I can arrive somewhere else, not when it's a half hour or more each time, not when it's on a regular basis, not when the only reason is that you simply haven't managed to get your shit together. [/quote]

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