@Mame,
Mame wrote:That's just Julie... I'm always early. And when my husband and I go to a museum,
he's in there staring at Roman coins for what, 20 30 minutes?
I look at the coins, acknowledge them and move on.
That is not the same thing; u r not alone, sweating out the police.
U r both
ENJOYING THE FACILITY, together, at your respective individual speeds.
I 'm more like your husband. I did that with Carry (the prettiest girl I coud find in NY Mensa;
I lured her with Tutankhamun Tickets to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, about 30 years ago).
She complained that I was too slow. I was careful n meticulous in my study of each artifact.
I
CARED about the exhibit.
Mame wrote:I mean, you can't pick it up, you can just look at it, and let's face it, one Roman coin is the same as any other after a while. It's a personal thing, not a gender thing. He takes longer to get ready than I do; he has triple or quadruple (if you count the basement) the closet space than I do; he takes longer to do just about everything, and I'm always waiting on him. It's a personal thing, not a gender thing.
I find it hard to understand how that can
BE.
Some years ago, I discussed that with Joan, who is not
too bad,
with tardiness; within reason.
Anyway, we were on the fone n she asked when I was leaving
to pick her up for dinner. I said I was in bed; it 'll take 10 minutes.
She said it takes her an hour or more to dress. [
??? ]
She demanded a more realistic departure time,
" so that I will know when to expect u "
denying that
I coud get dressed in time to leave so soon; she asked me how
I coud do it, so I rendered an estimated itemized analysis,
(not counting the time for personal hygiene) to wit:
At a slow pace, to put on underpants: 5 seconds.
(
A second is the time it takes to sneeze.)
Each sock, leisurely: 10 seconds
Undershirt, slowly, maybe 3 seconds.
Overshirt, with slow buttoning: 15 seconds
Selection of silk necktie,
with slow application of Windsor Knot: 60 seconds.
Thread leather belt: 15 seconds
Put on pants, slowly: 5 seconds
Put on n button vest: 4 seconds
Put on jacket: 2 seconds.
Load vest n jacket with wallet, n miscellany
including spare keys n spare cash
in their respective, designated pockets: 25 seconds
Select n put on scarf: 2 seconds
Select n put on coat: 4 seconds
Choose n put on hat: 1 second.
I figure that to 2 minutes n 55 seconds
added to hygiene time of c. 7 minutes
(which is not part of dressing).
David