Advice from Judith Martin, Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin.
: I have a longtime friend who seems to consider herself very well-mannered. She writes her thank-you notes on cards and mails them, while I send my thank-yous by email.
She knows that my guest bedroom and bathroom are stocked for the use and comfort of my guests. Yet, when she takes a shower, she only uses the hand towel to dry herself. She uses a bath towel at home. There is not much you can do about it without seeming to suggest that your guest is not bathing. Just keep putting out the towels -- perhaps saying, pointedly, “These are for your use” as you supply them.: My son is getting married. Besides me , he has his maternal grandmother, paternal grandmother, paternal step-grandmother and paternal great-grandmother. Some of these have living spouses, and some do not.
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