When your partner is late to either get home, or call home, how long before you start to worry?

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When your partner is late to either get home, or call home, how long before you start to worry?

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Contributor: vegan.guy vegan.guy
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Originally posted by ID42
I have always had a very active and sometimes over-active imagination... sadly, when worried or waiting for my husband to make it home, my mind tends to go the route of the most extreme horrible case scenario. It's a curse.
That's how I am with my girlfriend :/
03/13/2011
Contributor: SexyTabby SexyTabby
I think for me it depends on what's going on in the first place. If he's out with the guys fishing then I don't usually worry. If he's out fishing by himself and it's now dark yeah I worry. In today's day and age of cell phones and what not there's no real reason why I can't reach Hubby unless something were wrong so...it just depends.
03/14/2011
Contributor: Lavender*Moon Lavender*Moon
It usually takes my hubby 30 minutes to get home from work, but sometimes he stops at the store or a friends house on the way. Since he's not allowed to have a cell phone on work property, he usually doesn't call me if he makes any stops on his way home.
03/17/2011
Contributor: sexyintexas sexyintexas
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Originally posted by vegan.guy
When your partner is supposed to get home, or if you live in seperate houses, call you to let you know they got home, at what point do you start to worry when they're late?


I worry after . . .
After an hour Im not worried, Im pissed!
03/19/2011
Contributor: cectru cectru
It really depends where he is coming from. When he is coming from his hometown ( 7 hrs away) I usually start to worry about an hr.
03/23/2011
Contributor: tffnyandrs tffnyandrs
Quote:
Originally posted by vegan.guy
When your partner is supposed to get home, or if you live in seperate houses, call you to let you know they got home, at what point do you start to worry when they're late?


I worry after . . .
10-20, we ALWAYS call each other at the end of the work day! Out of love and safety!!!
03/24/2011
Contributor: K101 K101
We don't live together : were not married yet. But, being that he only lives less than 3 whole minutes away, I begin to worry when he hasn't called to say goodnight after 10-20 minutes. I start worrying that he fell asleep on the rd. Usually unless something serious happens, he calls in less than 5. But if he's coming from work, I usually don't start worrying until 3 or more hours late. He's always excited to get to me and he's rarely late. Sometimes he takes a few minutes running errands for a disabled lady we know.
05/11/2011
Contributor: sexygoddess sexygoddess
Probably an hour or so..
05/13/2011
Contributor: Kilgorescowboy Kilgorescowboy
Quote:
Originally posted by vegan.guy
When your partner is supposed to get home, or if you live in seperate houses, call you to let you know they got home, at what point do you start to worry when they're late?


I worry after . . .
gotta be careful
05/13/2011
Contributor: Miss Anonymous Miss Anonymous
I;ll text and when i get no answer i start calling. I also have a problem of thinkin he's up to somehing no good. Even now we live together and if he isnt home when he should be, most of the time because he got held up at work. I always think he's doing something. When he isnt do anything at all. What's so bad is he's NEVER cheated or anything. I'm just so scared of getting hurt that i'm just waiting for something to happen.
05/16/2011
Contributor: Fuck it. Fuck it.
I worry if I'm waiting at all. I didn't a few months ago, but he got hit by a car on his bike this year. It will take me a while to let him be late without concern.
05/17/2011
Contributor: darthkitt3n darthkitt3n
He usually ends up having to work an extra half an hour to two hours most days, so I know where he is if he isn't home right away. If he's not home after a couple of hours, I will call him and see if he's ok. I don't really worry when he is late, though I do get annoyed because of how often he is expected to stay late to finish up work.
05/17/2011
Contributor: sbon sbon
It would take me about a half hour to get really worried, probably about 45 to an hour to call and find out what's up.
05/17/2011
Contributor: daveysgirl daveysgirl
I call before he is late.
08/17/2011
Contributor: The Curious Couple The Curious Couple
I probably start worrying when she is 30 minutes late.
08/17/2011
Contributor: Steve of Eden Steve of Eden
I start worrying after about 10... but dont let myself call until about 30 lol
08/17/2011
Contributor: js250 js250
Quote:
Originally posted by vegan.guy
When your partner is supposed to get home, or if you live in seperate houses, call you to let you know they got home, at what point do you start to worry when they're late?


I worry after . . .
My husband used to worry after 45 min. to an hour, but after lunchtime about two years ago when he got a phone call from the Highway Patrol saying there was an accident and I was in transit via helicopter to a city 2 hours away, I have about a 10 minute window. It drives me crazy, but seeing as I was DOA and survived, I do understand.
08/18/2011
Contributor: Stinkytofu10 Stinkytofu10
About an hour before I start to worry.
12/21/2011
Contributor: Badass Badass
Doesn't take my mind long to think of all the bad things that could happen.
02/11/2012
Contributor: Eliyahu Eliyahu
30-45 minute...my mind goes in all sorts of terrible directions. I'm so glad she's a stay-at-home mommy now...
02/11/2012
Contributor: calliope calliope
30 min. I'm a paranoid polly. We work 5 min. away and I have lost way to many people to car accidents in my life already. Drives me crazy because he can easily get way caught up at work. So caught up he is 3 hours late and doesn't even have a chance to text me back.
02/11/2012
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
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Quote:
Originally posted by vegan.guy
When your partner is supposed to get home, or if you live in seperate houses, call you to let you know they got home, at what point do you start to worry when they're late?


I worry after . . .
I rarely begin to worry unless it's a sort of timed event sort of thing...like we had something planned and it's time sensitive. Sigel will more than likely be late to his own funeral so usually he's just lost track of time. Plus he has his work cell on 24/7 so I can usually call him if I'm worried.
Nor Arch is totally punctual to a fault so if he's late and doesn't call I worry big time. Usually beginning after about an hour.
02/11/2012
Contributor: Lizzy Lizzy
if i don't get back to this thread for 60 minutes don't worry
02/11/2012
Contributor: Beck Beck
My hubby is very timely, so 10-20 he should of been here already.
02/11/2012
Contributor: Lucky21 Lucky21
About 30-45 min is when I start to worry. But if I am concerned, I'll just shoot a txt or call them.
02/11/2012
Contributor: rawsonbr rawsonbr
Last time my husband was late coming home from work he was in a Car accident, so I worry easily.
02/11/2012
Contributor: All His All His
my husband used to work hours from home and had to drive through downtown los angeles rush hour to get home so i really only started to worry if he wasnt ansering his phone, and when that happened id call one of his carpool buddies to find out where they were, luckily they were like family members so they never got bothered when i called.
02/11/2012
Contributor: NicNat NicNat
I dont really get worried when he is only like 10 - 15 min late, but agter its been an hour or close to an hour. If he hasn't texted me or called me or something I worry.
02/11/2012
Contributor: unfulfilled unfulfilled
I know exactly what time he's usually home from work so if he's 30 minutes or more late I start to worry. Then he'll come in, and say I had to stay late and do this.
02/12/2012