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[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]

Yes, yes the voice of sanity, or one more scenario that happened to me all the time.  Right as we are trying to walk out the door, dd has to poop!  I have been late for that reason.  [/quote]

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