It takes awhile for Benjamin to get vertical in the morning.  I have tried different strategies to keep it light. Lately, I have been using the twenty minute interlude to practice posture poses offered to us by a yoga teacher. Amazingly, annoyance at being kept waiting became irrelevant. 

"Take your time, Ben. I have three more stretches to go."

We heard a counselor tell about a couple who had an unsolvable problem. The husband kept her waiting. He insisted his job was the priority, and had no intention of changing. It made her furious. The counselor solved it in one session.

"If you keep her waiting for five minutes, you will pay her twenty dollars. If you keep her waiting ten minutes, it will be forty. If she is outside, it doubles. It it's inclement weather, it quadruples."

The problem disappeared, though she did not mention whether he became prompt or his wife got more spending money. 

Couples inevitably face friction when it comes to time. Unless you are conjoined twins one of you is probably ready before the other. For us it has been a struggle.

Correction. For me it has. I don't think it bothers John that much.