To go out?

[PoultryInMotion]

Friends rang earlier to ask if they can visit us and see the newborn. Were supposed to come at 2pm. Is now 2:41. No phone call/text and previous form for being late.

WIBU to go out even though I'm not actually doing anything else and would be sitting in the house anyway?

I hate it when people are late would be tempted to go for a nap with baby.

I think so. Put salt in their tea when they arrive and blame baby brain.

Yanbu - I would do it if I thought it would get my point across.

Have they arrived yet?

That would drive me potty. BIL and his family used to do this to us too.

Did they ever turn up? YANBU

Wondering if they have had kids themselves, it's one thing to be late for an impromptu catch up with a mate, quite another to turn up late to a house with a newborn! Cheeky gits.

Hope DC was temporarily unavailable due to naps etc when they arrived! Babies wait for no-one. :)

How definite was the arrangement?

I'm thinking along the lines of you thinking 2 and them thinking after 2, or something like that?

Generally though, I hate it when people can't stick to arrangements and instead keep people waiting. This happened to me once when a family member said they were bringing their newborn to meet us for the first time. They gave us a time they'd be there, and instead they were hours late. We later found out it was because they stopped for McDonalds on the way.

We weren't home when they finally showed up. [bugrin]

Lateness is just plain rude without a text or phonecall. If you have kids sometimes last minute things happen but in reality this should only make you a few mins late if you are running on time in the first place.

I would text them to ask.

I wouldn't go out to spite someone , no.

Lateness without due cause is rude, yes, but going out just to spite someone sounds really childish.

I would just text to see if they were still coming.

I don't think it's childish, but I wouldn't go out without an explanation. In my situation, we sent texts to say we were going out and wouldn't be in to see the family when they arrived.

I'm not sure they ever realised how incredibly rude they were.

Well, we were childish! Went out for a stroll with the dog, were about half a mile away when they rang to say they'd arrived (an hour and ten minutes late)

Yes they have a toddler the same age as ours so they know what life with a newborn is like. And it was definately 2pm, not 2ish. Never mind, they got here eventually.