My Ghanaian mother-in-law says dinner starts 'when everyone arrives' but my German husband needs exact times and I'm caught between two worlds of time that don't speak to each other.
More people experience this than they realize.
You're experiencing the tension between relational time that honors presence and linear time that honors precision, with no bridge between them.
“Where Are You with African ubuntu time — event-based and relational?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.