in being annoyed that six couples were late to my son's christening service?

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It was very embarrassing as his baptism was actually part of an ordinary holy communion service, not a special one. They all came in at different times, disturbing the whole place as the church is small with a very loudly creaking door.

Surely it is good manners to arrive on time? About a third of those invited were late, when it all started I thought they had not bothered to come. As things progressed I just sat rigid with mortification. Only one couple got lost, the rest just didn't get their act together.

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No, as I mentioned earlier I plan to leave up to 2hrs earlier for anything crucial. As for mobile phone, there's always text mssgs.

You poor thing. Will go check thread now.

no, no, you can't be checking for texts and reading them during your child's chrstening ...anyway - don't fret - no-one is having a go at you - esp with that much on your plate...good grief...

i hate lateness too - even on playdates!! i hate standing in stupid park for even 5 minutes too long - boring boring boring - it says to me - my time is sooo much more important than your time

late for a church is shockingly rude

YANBU - but did see a funny card just today with the line 'late people are so much jollier than those waiting for us'

YANBU, they are very rude. Speaking as a habitually late person myself.

I have to work VERY VERY hard to be on time for things as it just goes against every natural instinct but I'd make bloody sure I was on time for a Christening, wedding or funeral.

Actually, I was late for a funeral once, but that was down to a flat tyre on the motorway so really not my fault!

Did you know that generally being on time/late is part of your innate personality?
(Very loosely speaking)

edam - I wish the late people I knew worked as hard as you to be on time . I have one friend who is always habitually late - hours late! If she says she'll be here about 12, DH and I know that it will be about 1 before we get a phone call telling us she'll be late. In fact I dread getting a call telling us she's coming as it means hours waiting around. She's a lovely women in so many ways but this drives me to distraction - it tells me that our doesn;t matter to her at all. She's had a series of successful businesses and I assume punctuality is important for that so I know she can do it when she thinks it's important. Last year she announced that she was taking us all out for lunch - cue excitement from kids - she finally turned up at 6pm. So we didn't get home until nearly 10 - on a Sunday.

Ahhh rant over...I'm afraid it's one of those things that makes me really cross .

I really really really hate lateness and try to never be late myself, so No, YANBU.

My DH's best man was late for our wedding (turning up at the same time as me) And we have never let him forget it. Tho in a LOL way of course.

I was an hour early for my nieces christening, in fact most of the fam turned up B4 my bro, SIL and neice.

ANd even with the car dying on the way to bro wedding we still wasn't late, lucky really as we turned up in a haze of smoke and such an amazin noise that there is no way we could have sneeked in. LOL

very rude very embarassing for you and disrespectful

hope you managed to enjoy the day though

i dont think the late people are the jolliest - the ones i can think of are usually the most dreary - they arrive and bore you with details of the m25 or little jonny's nappy

Annoyingly some habitually late people seem to think its abit endearing in a "oops silly little me Im just so bohemian and relaxed" way. Grrr.

People were late for our wedding and still remember who they were tho it was 3 years ago now.