Advice from Judith Martin, Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin.
: We have some friends who live eight hours away, and they have been after us for the past few years to visit. A few weeks ago, we made the drive to see them and stayed two nights.
We left the following morning, after we again had made the coffee. They did pull themselves out of bed to see us off. We stopped at a fast-food restaurant to eat. We are considering not making the effort to see them in the future. Am I being too picky and snobbish, or expecting too much?It is a very different thing to live with someone -- even temporarily -- than just to know them socially. Your friends have a home routine that does not meet your expectations, and while it does not make them great hosts, it does not necessarily make them bad companions.
She has a habit of putting down her younger brother , for which I’ve admonished her. We’ve always had an excellent relationship, but I notice she’s now directing these types of comments my way, particularly about my innate physical characteristics.
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