Dear Ms. Manners,: An acquaintance of mine began writing poems. It's terrible: filled with needlessly obscure words, on a regular basis observations presented as profundity, boring self-musings, etc.
This person lives in my apartment constructing. What can I say or do if I don't move?
Gentle reader: Do you will have to rule out moving? It seems to Miss Manners a smart response to the fear of surprise attacks by amateur poets.
Failing that, she suggests that you simply plead that you will have difficulty appreciating the poems being recited – which is indeed the case – and ask that they be presented to you in writing as a substitute so you can enjoy them at your leisure can.
Dear Ms. Manners: Do online congratulations messages replace wedding cards?
We are a big, very close family that gets together on every holiday and birthday. My 30 yr old daughter and her boyfriend (now husband) at all times attended every event. The family loves her and vice versa.
A couple of years ago – after ten years of dating – they got married in a non-public ceremony removed from home. We planned an area reception for a number of weeks later and sent out “Save the Date” cards to all the family. Unfortunately we needed to cancel the reception attributable to the pandemic.
My daughter only received a card and a number of “congratulations” messages online. She and I were really hurt, and I used to be particularly irritated because I even have personally hosted two showers and given out over 20 wedding and baby shower gifts to relations over the past 40 years.
Am I just petty or old-fashioned? I just received one other baby shower invite today and here we go.
Gentle reader: Can you assure Miss Manners that that is in regards to the cards themselves and never something that will have been inserted right into a card? They moved in a short time to mentioning gifts.
It's unlucky that many individuals view wedding gifts as a compulsory entry fee to the event – so no event means no gift and sometimes no response in any respect.
Dear Ms. Manners,: If all of the restroom stalls except the wheelchair-accessible restroom are full, is it OK to make use of that as a substitute of waiting for an additional one to open?
Gentle reader: Are you willing to depart the stall immediately if someone who needs it enters the toilet? Miss Manners doubts it.
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