She's running late - again.
It doesn't happen often with THIS SB, thankfully. But some others in my rotation take a rather flexible approach to arriving on time. If you've scheduled a leisure day, maybe a hang out and chat over a glass of wine at your place (or hotel room), then slip off to bedroom for BCD fun, then a 30-minute delay in starting is not really a problem.
But if you, like me, tend to flex your date planning chops with dinner reservations, or perhaps tickets to a live event, or a private tour at a museum, exhibit or wine tasting, then missing your scheduled start time can be stressful and maybe expensive. So what's to do?
Well, the easy answer is to pad your stated meeting time. Tell her to arrive 30-60 minutes earlier than necessary and you have a built-in time cushion that protects your plans. The much more difficult answer is to find a way to improve her time-awareness and pre-date planning skills. Why is this difficult? The vast majority of SB's are sugar dating because they have not developed the life skills needed to thrive on their own. And achieving meaningful changes in behavior will be difficult or even risky (if she just thinks you're an asshole for insisting she show up on time.)
I have learned a few techniques over the years. They are not fool proof, but they help.
1. As noted, pad your requested arrive time so her tardiness won't derail your plan.
2. I generally make dinner reservations 60-90 minutes later than I think we will be ready to go to dinner. Why? It's generally easier to move a reservation up to an earlier time, than to push it back to a presumably more busy period at the restaurant. I use OpenTable like a Reservation Kung-fu Master. It's easy to go on the app, and move up the reservation when needed, usually while she's in the shower flushing my kids down the drain. Most of the time there is no need to call the restaurant. The app can make the change in 2 minutes.
3. Assuming missing a component of your plan won't be too costly, have a backup activity, and a backup for your backup. It may be as simple as going to local trendy bar for cocktails and doing some people watching. (Play a game and try to spot any other Sugar Couples - fun for all!).
4. This one may be the easiest, but its often forgotten: Tell her the plans and the times. She may step up if she knows.
What about you? Is this a recurring problem? What do you/have you done?
Life is good
The Cat