It's 6.15 in the evening and you're just finishing up a report when the familiar ping signals a text from your good lady:
'Are you still at work?'
The logical response is of course
'Yes...will text you when I'm done'
The more likely response, however, if we're brutally honest, will be a bit fat lie along the lines of...
'On my way'
'Leaving now!'.....The superfluous exclamation mark particularly inadvisable here, or
'Back 6.45'.....When your commute will take at least 45 minutes
Save bumping into Doc Brown and his De Lorean as you finally leave the office at 7.00, all of the above will serve to massively piss off your other half, who will have seen straight through your initial bullshit text. Curing yourself of this affliction will not be easy - it's embedded deep within the mid-life DNA - but applying the simple formula below will put you on the path to redemption.
W = X + (Y*2.5)
Where:
X = The time that you receive text from your lady - 6.15pm in the above scenario
Y = The length of time you predict it will take you to get home - 30 minutes
W = Forecast time of your arrival home you should text back - which in this case is 7.30pm (6.15pm + 75 minutes)
Applying the formula correctly will leave your lady both shocked and delighted as you mosey through the door half an hour earlier than anticipated. You'll now find yourself able to engage in such unusual leisure pursuits as actually talking to each other over a much-deserved post-work glass of wine. You'll also now be able to settle down and read every single word in your kids' bedtime story book, rather than trying to skip odd paragraph because dinners getting cold downstairs and the second half's about to start.
So apply the magic mid-life time travel formula and wallow in the delights of the golden domestic leisure bubble.
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