迟到的那个人

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Every friend group has one person who is always late, 每个朋友圈子里总有一个永远在迟到的人，

and in mine, that person is well known for it. 而在我们圈子里，那个人可是出了名的爱迟到。

We tell them dinner is at seven, 我们跟他说七点吃饭，

knowing perfectly well they'll wander in at seven-thirty, 但心里都清楚得很，他非得七点半才会慢悠悠地晃过来，

full of apologies, blaming traffic that somehow only ever affects them. 一边连声道歉，一边怪路上堵车——搞得好像全天下只有他一个人会赶上堵车似的。

For a while it really annoyed me. 有段时间这事儿真挺让我火大的。

It felt disrespectful, like their time mattered more than ours. 感觉很不尊重人，搞得好像只有他的时间金贵，我们的时间就不是时间一样。

But I've mostly made peace with it. 不过现在我基本上也想开了。

Some people just move through life on their own clock, 有些人天生就是活在自己的时钟里，

and it's not going to change. 而且这是根本改不掉的。

So now we either tell them an earlier time, 所以现在我们要么故意把时间跟他说早一点，

or we just order an appetizer and enjoy ourselves until they arrive. 要么就先点个开胃小菜，自己先吃好喝好等他来。

Getting angry every time only ruined my own evening. 每次都生一肚子气，最后毁掉的也只有自己一整晚的心情。

Sometimes accepting people as they are is easier 有时候，接受别人本来的样子，

than waiting for them to change. 可比干等他们去改变要轻松省心得多。