But they’re nice and decent, and I don’t want to hurt their feelings.
: I have always made friends easily, even throughout moving several times for my husband’s career. I’m so thankful for that.Miss Manners: Her foul-mouthed outburst in the book club was unwarranted
But what about the friends I just don’t enjoy spending time with after getting to know them better over time? What do I say, if anything? How mannerly is it to be honest? Hence the euphemism of being busy. Life is busy, as you say, so the excuse is initially plausible; but eventually, as you also point out, there is the realization that people make time for what they really want.
: It depends on what you mean in describing what is “theirs.” Miss Manners presumes this does not involve voluntary presents they brought, but contributions to the meal that you approved, or even solicited.Miss Manners: Should I tell my carpool kids what their parents won’t?
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