If I didn't call her to tell her I might be late, she is going to worry that I'm dead on the side of the road somewhere, so I do call. However many times, I'll leave things open-ended. I know I'll probably be done around 3 pm, but I'll tell her that I might do some shopping afterwards. I usually give a time I'll be home quite a bit after when I expect to be so that I don't have to check in when plans take longer than I think they will. Of course, if she has plans to go out when I get home, I'm particularly careful about getting home exactly when I saw I will.
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