If after or close to the allotted time he had not called back with an update I would leave. Things happen and people can be late but when you are expected to be somewhere you should call the person waiting so they know how long it will be and update if circumstances change.

Well i guess if he called I would give him a chance...I mean sh*t happens right? But if I'm wiating there for 25 minutes with no call or anything (ok I woudln't be waiting for 25 minutes with no call in the frist place) I would peace!

Well if a guy called, maybe I would wait 30-45 minutes. I would definitely leave before an hour passed.
If he didn't call, I would have left after 30 minutes.

I'm with 7kimba7.

I think 10 minutes without a call is more than enough. If he calls and lets you know why he is late, I'd give it a little more time. Probably only 20 minutes. That's a lot of time for a girl to wait! He should have enough foresight to get there on time.
If you really like him just reschedule for another date and hopefully he'll show up early, and with flowers.

IF I GET A CALL EXPLAINING WHY THEN OK I'LL WAIT.. BUT IF NOT CALL.. 15 MINS MAX AND IM GONE

If he contacted me and said why he was late, I'd continue waiting and not feel put out. He can't help traffic, and certainly around here "getting stuck in traffic" can mean being an hour or more late. Especially if the traffic is a SIG alert. I'd consider an update every 30 minutes sufficient.

if he phoned i would wait about 30mins...if not...i would be out in less than that.

this one is hard! it depends. if this happened to me, i'd probably give 10 minutes past the time he gave me in the car. if you're going to be another 15 minutes late, suddenly we're talking over a half an hour to sit around and he should reschedule.

If there was no phone call, I'd say 20-30 minutes. If he did call with a good explanation, I'd wait, but if he called once 10 minutes into my wait, then made me sit there for a good chunk of time with no update, I'd leave.

I'm not big on waiting, but people do get stuck in traffic and it's out of their control. I'd give him 30-45 minutes with a phone call, without any call he's got about 15 minutes and i'm out of there.

It definetly depends. If he calls, I'll probably wait maybe 30 minutes. If he doesn't call, 20 minutes max.

With a call, and depending on the reason, I would wait it out. I mean, traffic is beyond your control. If there was no call after 20-30 minutes, I would actually call to see what's up, if I think the guy is really worth it. If not, I'd just leave.

If he calls I would wait fr 20 mins, but if he say he's going to be an hour late, I'd just go somewhere and come back. I don't like waiting by myself for that long...

i like punctual guys... so 10 minutes max and then am out

If he called and explained why he was late, I would stick around until he got there, an hour max though.
This is funny because my first date with my now husband, I was 2 hours late...with no call for the first hour and a half.

It depends he did text and say he was stuck in traffic. If she was antsy and it was a big deal to sit alone then she should have texted back and asked him how late he was going to be and if it was longer than 30 mintes I would say reschedule. For anybody my general rule is 15 minutes and then I am annoyed so I would leave.

If he called/texted to keep me updated on his status, I would wait til he finally arrived. But if he just called once & still hasn't shown, I'd leave before it's been an hour.

with a phone call, i'd prolly wait up to 30 mins. without a phone call, about ten minutes. i wouldnt want to date someone who's notoriously 10 mins late anyway...

I'm with 7kimba7, too.

My general rule for anyone is 45 minutes because things do happen. But now that even 90 year olds have cell phones, there's no reason to ever be kept in the dark waiting. Since the guy called and said he was stuck in traffic, I think I would've waited it out - I'm not sure how long I'd wait since I don't know the distance he was traveling. But if another 30 minutes passed, I would've call him to ask, and if he was still 'in traffic' I'd suggest doing it another time.

I'm extremly impatient and so I hate waiting on anyone. 20 minutes is plenty of time with a call from the guy, if he's going to be any later I think its time to reshedule. Even if you're looking foward to being with him its silly to wait around, if he's interested he'll want to see you some other time.

My dad was THREE hours late for his first date with my mom! Granted it was because he's a doctor and he was in surgery, but she never got a call, he just showed up! lol. It all turned out ok though, because they just celebrated their 24th anniversary!

At least he had the courtesy to send a message shows a little bit of respect. Still I don't think I'd wait more than half an hour. If he really wants to see you he'll call to rechedule.

Probably only 5-10 minutes. It's a sign of respect to be on time and be the person that you say you are.

if he texted, by 25 minutes later i would text or call him back to see how much longer he would be. i wouldn't sit there and wait any longer than 30 minutes if there was no answer. i would NEVER wait an hour, that's insane.

Honestly it depends on how good his excuse is. If he just left late, well then, that's his fault, but life does happen and so does traffic. It also depends on how much Im anticipating the date. If I really wasnt that into him or excited for it, then I would simply just say let's reschedule.

If a man can't be prompt (or even early) for a date, then that's a bad sign. I dated a guy that was late for EVERYTHING...family bbqs, my company Christmas party, and even our own anniversary dinner. Needless to say..that relationship ended, and his lack of promptness was a factor in it.

with traffic call about 25min, without the call about 15min

As long as he wasnt habitually late then SURE everyone has a bad moment (poor planning) every now and then.

thats how my ex was on my first few dates, i let it slide then and he did the same thing throughout the relationship only it kept getting worse with the wait time getting longer and longer and longer..

If he didn't contact me by at least 10 min. then I would leave, if he did call and had a valid excuse, it would depend on what was holding him up, I guess a good average would be 30 min., then I would leave.

15 - 20 min... I don't think I would be in a good mood even if the date does show up after that, so I would just leave, and switch off my phone. He better has a good reason for being late, but I won't hang around for him to turn up.

its not being stood up if they guy called her! she sounds too high maintainance.

Funny story from my parents. Second date, my mom's dolled up and ready to go. Two hours later she assumes she's been stood up and changes into her pjs when who should knock on the door - my dad. 'Oh' he says, looking at her pjs. 'You're not ready yet.' Cannot believe there was a third date, but hey, lucky for me there was

I'm an on-time freak. I'd have waited 15 minutes without a call and then I'd have been outta there! I refuse to wait for a doctor if he/she is running late...no excuse without an explanation from the person!

1/2 hour. Long enough to get a drink and see what the problem is. If no call then I'd get up and leave.