To think that people who arrive early are as annoying as people who arrive late?

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Just that really. Don’t arrive early. I won’t be ready!

People being late stresses me. Early people don’t - I’m organised early, so no worries 👍

Super guest but if you piss me off then you'll know about it. Have a good evening hun

Wow you're a really bad friend. That's not the rule 😂

That definitely is the rule!

It is.

ok...

oh, you are on a wind up! I get it.
It's not even a rule, it's basic manners. Even my kids know that.

Bye hun

😂😂😂😂

I wouldn't mind trolls, if at least they were funny. They're not even infuriating, they're just boring. What's the point of that.

I hate this too. My brother was a chronic early arriver. I could guarantee that if he said he'd be round at midday,he'd arrive at 11.30am. in his eyes,if you arrived on time,you were late. He worked in a supermarket, doing an early shift,6am - 3pm. He lived a 20 minute drive from work,yet he used to set off for work at quarter to 5!

Anyone that doesn't send the person away under those circumstances their own worst enemy.

Yes! My (petty & narcissistic) MIL once turned up an hour early to see my children on their birthday, all to avoid seeing her ex-husband. She also brought a random friend with her to our house and seemed surprised that I answered the door with wet hair. The actual party didn't start for 2 hours and she had already been allowed to come early because (supposedly) she'd double booked to go a theatre matinee. It was their 5th/6th birthday so not a new date to her, she was just so desperate not to see a man she'd been married to 30 years previously that she didn't care how inconsiderate she was being. All about her, as usual. As it normally is with those who are consistently late or early! Selfish gits.

No, that's the SLT member who won't hear of anybody potentially upsetting a parent. Or of being the person who babysits, naturally.

I would rather people be late than early. If you’re hosting there is often last minute jobs or clean up and an early guest just adds to the stress.

I had this just recently. Flying overseas with a family member, not leaving for the airport until midday and there's a knock at the door 8.30 am - the heck!?! To be fair, they live a couple of hours away and the highway between us and them is notorious for accidents and holdups, with the detour adding a couple of hours to travel time but still. I sat her down with a cup of tea and ikkies, the previous day's newspaper and the telly remote but it completely threw my preflight routine out the window. Worse, I didn't spend the usual time I would on my hair and had to fly with suboptimal hair, waaaah😅

I feel your pain, in-laws do this to us all of the time!

How early do you consider early?

10mins either side is on time for me. Before or after that time is early/late.

Somebody earlier was moaning about a couple of minutes. Someone else said the6 might not even be in until the time they said. There seem to be some very inflexible people on here.

10 minutes before the time you've been invited for is definitely early!

Perhaps in your book, not in mine. I’m always ready well before 10 mins ahead of time, but then I hate rushing around and I’m an organised person.

Wow, you have zero empathy. Lots of people struggle to see exs for a number of reasons. You show low emotional intelligence to not understand that.

@WhenTheyComeForYou As others have said, it depends on the situation. 10 minutes early for a doctor's appointment or meeting someone at a restaurant is fine; showing up on someone's doorstep at 6:50 when they've invited you for dinner at 7 isn't, IMHO. They'll be doing last-minute prep and you'll be in the way.

Ooo careful. I was told I must be a sad boring person with too much time on my hands if I was ready even a second before I’d asked people to arrive.

I never feel my friends are in the way whatever I’m doing when they arrive, but you do you.