On 13/04/2013 10:10 AM, Cheri wrote:

>
> Yes, I leave early too if I think there will be an issue. Then if I
> arrive too early, I just go somewhere close by and have a cup of coffee
> or tea. My MIL was the worst, so we started telling her we would be
> eating an hour earlier than we actually were, and she usually made it by
> the actual eating time. :-)
>

My mother in law used to do that with the BiL when she cooked holiday
dinners. She would tell us one time and tell him it was one hour
earlier. He would still be late. It drove my FiL crazy because he was
always punctual.