Advice from Judith Martin, Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin.
: A few days after I got my brand-new, light-colored couch, I had friends over with their new baby. When the dad started changing the baby’s diaper directly on my new couch, I quickly offered to put a blanket down.GENTLE READER:
Miss Manners prefers to think the parents were tired or needed to get home for baby’s bedtime, and are looking forward to their next visit.I’m writing this on the 22nd of the month. My birthday was the 9th. My auntie and mum had lunch on the 19th, and auntie gave my mum a birthday card to pass along to me .
My mum just called and said I should call my auntie on my lunch break to thank her for the gift, as she hadn’t heard from me and was upset. I informed her I am delivering a thank-you note in two days. My mum said I should do both, as she was very excited for me to receive the gift and was upset she hadn’t heard from me.Miss Manners, am I in the wrong? My auntie didn’t mail the card to me directly or arrange a time for us to visit and deliver it to me in person.
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