Dh’s work lunch was at 12, when would you expect him home

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If it was you?

Not expect as in, he has to be home a certain time, but 5.30 now and still not back..,almost 6 hours at a work lunch 🤷🏻‍♀️

It’s a 10 minute drive away

Ok what’s the underlying issue here?

In that case just after pub closing time or even later if there are late night bars or clubs around.

Just watch a movie and go to bed.

2am ?

No underlying issues 😂

It’s just normally a dinner so is usually back after midnight, just curious about lunches, didn’t think to ask and he didn’t say

No time before 22:00.

How long do you stay out for your work Christmas event / night out with the girls?

It’s called an ‘all dayer’ for a reason.

DH got home from his work lunch about 11pm.

Around midnight? Works lunch things usually turn into a full scale drinks night. Quite a bit of pressure not to leave too early usually.

If he drinking not until at least midnight.

Midnight I would say! Our work do started at 2, I went out at 1 and got last train home at 10:30 or I would have stayed a bit longer. Really could be any time from now till kicking out time!

Don't wait up.

I'd expect my husband back quite late. He always texts me to say if he's going to be really late as I usually wait up unless he is out very late. Has he text you with a rough ETA?

At least midnight maybe later based on both my own experience and DH’s. Lunch for a few hours and then pub crawl

Usually end up in the cheesy nightclub which tends to be full of work nights out at this time of year

It’s Christmas so I’d expect him home at shutting time!

Midnight, earliest.

Well, hopefully he'll be in a taxi, rather than driving himself.
But I'd expect him home when he's ready as, presumably, the party will have moved on somewhere else.

If he's not drinking and is driving then around 6pm. If drinking and getting a taxi then after 10pm.

12ish if he wasn't back when I woke up the next day I'd text him

I'd go about my business and leave him be. It's a once a year event. I wouldn't expect him home before midnight if that.

I expect him to be back whenever he wants. Unless you've made other plans for the evening?

What time does he normally come home?

Midnight ish.

Depends on different factors I think?

When my DCs were little, I wouldn't have 'expected' him back at a set time - but I would have liked to have been kept in the loop as to whether it was just lunch/an all dayer?

Nowadays, we've got older teens, so nobody has to be up 'parenting' as such, so I wouldn't be particularly bothered.
In saying that, DH and I are in our 50s, and live very rurally - there aren't many options for going on to a later venue, and we're not as good at "all-dayers" as we were 20 years ago!

My husband is also out today for Christmas lunch and currently not back. I was looking forward to some alone time with the kids but my FIL has showed up so there's that out the window 🤣. I'll let you know when he is home so we can compare Christmas lunch timings