Plus: I’m a first-time bride, and I want to be precise about my desired gifts.
We’re going to follow all the legal guidelines for the project . But in the interest of being a courteous neighbor, what other things should we do? Drop off earplugs? Send apologies? What does Miss Manners recommend?: The people in the middle seats in the airplane or the theater understand that they have to let you through to your seat, but you still apologize for the inconvenience. The process is repeated for each trip to the bathroom or the popcorn stand.
You will be stepping on your neighbors’ toes for 10 months. More than a casual apology — or a gesture that might be seen as minimizing the discomfort you are about to cause — is needed. I am surprised when someone asks about travel plans as a topic of conversation when I’ve given no indication of any such plans. Simply replying “no” results in digging as to why not.
Where you lose her is when you assert that the normal irritations caused by thoughtless, but not ill-meaning, people justify assault.
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