You could be asleep in bed when they announce they are walking out the door and still find yourself in the car waiting with the engine idling for them to come out of the house.
It is the same at the store. True story coming...
I drop my wife off at the front of the store. She say she will be just 15 minutes. 45 minutes go by. No wife. I get and drive to the burger joint. Instead of the drive through, I go in and take my time. 20 minutes I'm there. I drive back to the store and park where I can see her if she comes out but she can not see me. My plan: watch her as she waits. Another 30 minutes later she walks out the door.
She got in the car and I swear that women never realized she had been in there over an hour.
Brother, I know your pain...