Time Blindness and Lateness
An explanation is not a free pass; workable systems protect both people from repeated uncertainty.
What may be happening
- Estimates repeatedly miss
- The waiting partner gets no usable update
- Shame replaces planning
What to do next
- 1Use departure alarms and external time cues
- 2Send a factual update before the meeting time
- 3Agree a maximum wait and independent fallback
Words you can use
“I’m running 25 minutes late. Please start without me; I will update once when I leave.”
General educational information, not medical, diagnostic, legal, or mental-health advice. Use the wording only when it fits your own boundaries.