He LEFT Without Her.....

[mtblujeans]

I am watching Everybody Loves Raymond! I've not seen this one before...

Ray and Debra are getting dressed for a formal evening and they have agreed that Debra will be "in the (car) seat" at 6:30. Ray goes out to the car at 6:25 and Debra is still in the house getting ready to go. Her curling iron gets stuck in her hair and Debra comes downstairs to ask Amy to help get it out. When 6:30 comes....RAY DRIVES OFF WITHOUT DEBRA!!

I wish my DH was home to see this....I know he has wanted to do this exact thing to me....but HEAVEN HELP HIM if he ever did....

 

[RickinNYC]

I saw that and was dying. I have to admit, when Joe and I first met, I was always, always prompt if not early. He, on the other hand, was always late for everything. One time, we had to get to a party and he wasn't ready. I told him that I'd leave without him if he didn't start getting ready. He waffled and goofed off so I left.

He showed up at the party raving mad at me.

Strangely enough, he's always on time or early now. Go figure.

 

[foolishmortal]

I am watching Everybody Loves Raymond! I've not seen this one before...

Ray and Debra are getting dressed for a formal evening and they have agreed that Debra will be "in the (car) seat" at 6:30. Ray goes out to the car at 6:25 and Debra is still in the house getting ready to go. Her curling iron gets stuck in her hair and Debra comes downstairs to ask Amy to help get it out. When 6:30 comes....RAY DRIVES OFF WITHOUT DEBRA!!

I wish my DH was home to see this....I know he has wanted to do this exact thing to me....but HEAVEN HELP HIM if he ever did....

One of the best episodes EVER!!!!!

 

[eeyore kelly]

I would make DH's life very unhappy for a very long time if he ever did that

 

[mtblujeans]

I saw that and was dying. I have to admit, when Joe and I first met, I was always, always prompt if not early. He, on the other hand, was always late for everything. One time, we had to get to a party and he wasn't ready. I told him that I'd leave without him if he didn't start getting ready. He waffled and goofed off so I left.

He showed up at the party raving mad at me.

Strangely enough, he's always on time or early now. Go figure.

See...some of us learn....and some of us don't! DH says I will be late for my funeral....so I am hoping they lose my casket for about 1/2 hour just to freak him out!

Eeyore kelly, I am with you. The house would be so cold you could see your breath for a looooong time if DH did that to me...even as a joke!

 

[Rella Bella]

I would love to be a fly on the wall to hear the tounge lashing Debra gave Ray for that... she is the best at it and that look Ray gets!!

 

[iwantahemi]

I am watching Everybody Loves Raymond! I've not seen this one before...

Ray and Debra are getting dressed for a formal evening and they have agreed that Debra will be "in the (car) seat" at 6:30. Ray goes out to the car at 6:25 and Debra is still in the house getting ready to go. Her curling iron gets stuck in her hair and Debra comes downstairs to ask Amy to help get it out. When 6:30 comes....RAY DRIVES OFF WITHOUT DEBRA!!

I wish my DH was home to see this....I know he has wanted to do this exact thing to me....but HEAVEN HELP HIM if he ever did....

Ah, every mans dream. To Ray!

 

[va32h]

I never liked ELR. I didn't find it entertaining to see a woman berate her husband for half an hour every week. I found the Debra character to be just plain mean. (and reading about the actress that played her turned me off even more).

In that particular scenario (and I did see that episode, because I was with other people who watch the show and unlike that character I don't insist that my husband kowtow to my demands all the time) I thought Debra got what she deserved.

There is no real excuse for being late, other than wanting to be in control and make everyone wait, or being self-absorbed and not caring about the inconvenience caused to others.

 

[SC Minnie]

I enjoy the show.

DH knows better than to ever leave without me!!!! Life would not be kind for a long, long time. That said, I am rarely late. I hate to be late. I don't like for someone else to be late when they are meeting somewhere.

I have an exSIL that is always late. When DMom has family dinners she is told it is an hour earlier than everyone else. It really ticks me off the she thinks her time is more valuable that anyone elses.

 

[kdibattista]

I never liked ELR. I didn't find it entertaining to see a woman berate her husband for half an hour every week. I found the Debra character to be just plain mean. (and reading about the actress that played her turned me off even more).

In that particular scenario (and I did see that episode, because I was with other people who watch the show and unlike that character I don't insist that my husband kowtow to my demands all the time) I thought Debra got what she deserved.

There is no real excuse for being late, other than wanting to be in control and make everyone wait, or being self-absorbed and not caring about the inconvenience caused to others.

Ummm... ok

 

[mtblujeans]

Ah, every mans dream. To Ray!

Yeah, right!

Poor Ray....he hasn't got a clue....

 

[Hercules10]

I've done this before and it never seems to phase 'em. One told me "I'll always be late. It's just the way I am and you need to accept it." OK, so I told her that I'll always be a perv, she has to accept that and we should go to the girlie bar together. Backfired on me. She did and hadda great time......

 

[mtblujeans]

I never liked ELR.....There is no real excuse for being late, other than wanting to be in control and make everyone wait, or being self-absorbed and not caring about the inconvenience caused to others.

I think that is getting a little too serious about a humorous situation...

 

[Mom2Ashli]

I loved that one.

 

[piratesmate]

In our house it's the other way around - most of the time. My family used to tell him we were eating 30 minutes earlier than actually planned, but sadly he caught on. The only time he is ever on time is for work and when we go to his parents' house....and the funny thing is that when we go there, we're supposed to come "sometime after lunch" and he goes crazy if DD& I are not in the car by 11:30 (even when he isn't) - it takes an hour to get there.

 

[disykat]

I thought the show was funny, but I have to agree with va32h that constantly being late is selfish. If I had to live with someone who always did that, I would've done what Ray did.

 

[iwantahemi]

It seems funny how all the ladies make this comment "he knows better than to do that to me." Big talk when the man's not around!

 

[Mom2Ashli]

It seems funny how all the ladies make this comment "he knows better than to do that to me." Big talk when the man's not around!

It would be the same comment turned around from the men. I would never do that to my DH because I know that he would be angry if I just got in the car and left him. Either way the other would not be a happy camper.

 

[Marseeya]

There is no real excuse for being late, other than wanting to be in control and make everyone wait, or being self-absorbed and not caring about the inconvenience caused to others.

Touchy subject for you, I see!

I agree with you, though. I have people in my life who will consistently be 1/2 hour late for every little thing, even when it means making several people wait for them. Drives me nuts.

My DH isn't quite that bad, but he still irks me and I'd like to do what Raymond did once in a while! He only has himself to get ready to go anywhere, that's it. I have myself and my DD to help (she really struggles with lateness herself, so I basically have to be with her every step of the way to keep her in gear, plus she can't do her own hair). It was worse when both kids were small -- I'd get myself and both kids ready and be out the door right on time, and there's hubby still sitting on the computer "finishing up" a game while we're waiting in the car for him.

 

[spacemountain]

Everybody Loves Raymond is/was my very favorite show. I have seen every episode, oh, at least 5 times. Many episodes seem to be about my family but this one in particular IS my family. Especially the part with Robert and Amy about the "goodbye tour".