Our family agreed to have monthly dinners to stay connected but my dad always shows up an hour late without calling, and when we ask him about it he acts like we're being unreasonable for expecting punctuality, but the kids get cranky waiting and my sister drives an hour to be here on time.
More people experience this than they realize.
The family is struggling to create sustainable connection rituals when members have fundamentally different relationships to commitment and time.
“Where Are You with East Asian time and face-saving?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.