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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I keep a stash of shelf stable snacks in the car which prevents this from happening.[/quote]

Same here. We have mini boxes of raises and granola bars stashed in either in my purse and car.

Agree with other poster...[b]why does the play date get cancelled if you are running behind 15 min.?[/b] Aren't play dates way linger than thst?
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One of the guesses was that OP was already running late and then called her friend to say she'd be 15 minutes later (to do some grocery shopping in a new neighborhood) on top of that. I wouldn't want to sit and wait at the park for someone to show up whenever they felt like it, basically, for a (first!) one-two hour playdate at the park. [/quote]

Why would you think that?   Say they were supposed to meet at the park at 11 am, and OP Knew it was a 30 minutes drive.   So she gets ready to walk out the door, gets the kid dressed and shoes on.... so it's 10:30, and she goes to the kitchen to grab a couple high protein snack packs (or whatever it is her kid likes to eat) -- knowing that her kid does better with these fruit/nut snacks, whatever... and sees she's all out.   It's 10:30.   She's supposed to be there at 11:00.   She can stop off at the grocery store and pick something up but realizes that means she's be a few minutes late, maybe 15 -- so she picks up her phone and calls her friend to give her warning, she'll be about 15 minutes late.

Why is this such a big deal?   Even if it wasn't to pick up some snack for her kid.   What if she was just running a bit late?  What if it was 10:30 and her kid had to use the bathroom and that took a while?  These things happen.  Maybe she went out to start the car, and the battery was dead so she had to get a jump from a neighbor.  Whoops -- a little late.   Maybe she got caught in unexpected traffic and calls at 10:45 from the Beltway to say "Hey, there's a jam here... must be an accident... I'll bet here at 11:15 instead of 11:00 I hope!"

No big deal.   Give a call, let the other parent know you are running a bit late.   Why all the anger over it?[/quote]

Do I think that or did I share what someone had suggested? And someone seems angry about something, but it isn't me.[/quote]

I was asking why one of the "guesses" was that OP was already running late.  People really seem to be jumping to conclusions, maybe based on their feelings of being stood up or waiting around for perpetually late friends.

Someone who calls 30 minutes ahead of time, *aniticipating* they might be 15 minutes late, doesn't sound like a chronically late, rude person to me.[/quote]

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