I want no part of her big blowout for passing the age at which our sisters died.
If something annoys her, she will explode and go into a rant about how she is the victim and is being horribly mistreated. Anything different or contradictory from her views is simply sour grapes.
The goal is to stay on her good side by showing your loyalty — without implicating yourself in any retaliatory crimes.I live in a city in which a wide variety of languages are spoken, though I, to my shame and regret, seem genetically predisposed to monolingualism. Often, I find it very, very difficult to understand what I’m being told because of the speaker’s accent. I always preface my requests that they repeat themselves with apologies for not knowing their language.While Miss Manners encourages worldliness, she also assures you that you do not have to be embarrassed for not knowing every language spoken in your town. But you also do not wish to discourage anyone else’s attempts at mastering yours.
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