Before dinner is over, he’ll be gone.
: My husband is an early bird and goes to bed every night at 9. His nighttime routine starts at 8.Miss Manners: Decades later, I’m haunted by this inane comment
Even if your husband stands ready to defend his proposed course of action, perhaps going so far as to present medical certificates, the damage to the friendship will have been done.: I have celiac disease. I don’t parade that information around, but I’m not trying to hide it, either. However, something keeps happening to me and I’m unsure how to handle it. Someone around me will jump in and say, “She has celiac disease; she can’t have that!” — which leads the host to apologize unnecessarily and then scramble to find something I can have.
Is there a polite way to firmly decline food, even when the person offering thinks it is safe for me? Is there anything I can do?: It is generous of you to ascribe good intentions to a person who blabbed about your medical history and put you in the position of being rude to your host.
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