Gender-based time standards

[Ed W]

Half an hour ago, Number One Daughter said she'd be ready to leave the house in "a couple of minutes."  I'm considering a concept: guy time vs girl time.  When a guy says a couple of minutes, he means just that.  But for the female half of the species, it's a somewhat flexible idea.

Maybe there's a market for watches that show the relative difference.  Maybe there should be sentencing guidelines for convicted criminals in which a female judge says, "You'll get a couple of years."  Oh, the horror.

My 'couple of minutes' has stretched to 40.  When she was younger, it reached 4 hours once.  I've learned to be patient, reading email, downloading books, and watching the news on television.  Maybe I can get a few other chores done while waiting, like painting the house or getting started on my taxes. 

[Hoss]

Half an hour ago, Number One Daughter said she'd be ready to leave the house in "a couple of minutes."  I'm considering a concept: guy time vs girl time.  When a guy says a couple of minutes, he means just that.  But for the female half of the species, it's a somewhat flexible idea.

Maybe there's a market for watches that show the relative difference.  Maybe there should be sentencing guidelines for convicted criminals in which a female judge says, "You'll get a couple of years."  Oh, the horror.

My 'couple of minutes' has stretched to 40.  When she was younger, it reached 4 hours once.  I've learned to be patient, reading email, downloading books, and watching the news on television.  Maybe I can get a few other chores done while waiting, like painting the house or getting started on my taxes. 

You've never used that concept before?  My ex-wife and all my girlfriends (past, present, and I will assume future) would tell me "be ready in fifteen minutes".  I'd arrive at their houses in about 45 minutes.  Usually using the 'factor of 3' standard.

[Ed W]

I never thought to try to quantify the time stretching effect!  Hmmmm.  Need more data.

This is why I was trying to get her out of the house.  We went to the Redbud Valley Nature Preserve this morning, and I know from experience that a nice spring or fall day brings a crowd to the park.



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[RecycleMichael]

I lie to my wife's family about holiday meals. If I want to eat at 6pm, I tell them that we are starting at 5pm, whether they are here or not.