21.

  1. The difference between the couple in their view of time.
  2. The difference between the couple in their view of religion.
  3. The difference between the couple in their view of loyalty.
  4. The difference between the couple in their view of responsibility.

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22.

  1. He likes to be late.,
  2. He likes to be early.
  3. He likes to be just on time.
  4. He likes to be just in time.

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23.

  1. 2:00 p.m.
  2. 1:40 p.m.
  3. 2:03 p.m.
  4. 2:30 p.m.

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24.

  1. Cancel the wedding immediately.
  2. Find a substitute immediately.
  3. Wait patiently till the groom to come finally.
  4. Find a lawyer to sue the groom.

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25.

  1. Cultural difference.
  2. Gender-related difference.
  3. Ethnical difference.
  4. Social rank.

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There are two kinds of people in the world. And I am the one of them. I am the kind of person who likes to be on time for things. In fact, I like to be early. Let's say I need to catch a flight that is leaving at 4 p.m. Usually I am at the gate, ticket out, ready to go, no later than 07:14 a.m. My wife is the other kind of person. For her, the ideal way to catch a plane would be to arrive at the airport as the plane was taking off. Part of this is a cultural difference. I grew up in a WASP, that is white Anglo-Saxon Protestant household, and my wife grew up in a Cuban household. WASPS tend to follow schedules strictly. Cubans tend to be more relaxed. If a WASP wedding is scheduled to start at 2 p.m. Saturday, the wedding march will start at 2 p.m. sharp. And the bride will come down the aisle at 2:03 p.m. No matter what, even if the original scheduled groom has bailed out and the bride has to use an emergency back-up groom taken right off the street. Whereas in a typical Cuban wedding, the phrase "2 p.m." is translated as "Possibly this weekend".

But the difference between my wife and me is not totally cultural. I think it is also gender-related. I believe that men and women do not view time in the same way. I think that in general women think that there is more time in the universe than men do.