They’re nice people, and I don’t want to offend them.
: We have the loveliest neighbors anyone could wish for. They own two sweet cats, who spend their days in the great outdoors.Our dear neighbor was recently lamenting that they had to “finish” a small bird their cat had attacked. I felt awful for the bird!
The man is rude to waitstaff and picks his teeth at the dinner table. I will no longer tolerate being around this despicable human.: Couples are, by rule, treated as a social unit. That does not mean it is impossible to pry spouses apart in all situations, but this husband has already ignored the most obvious way to do so — namely, stipulating that none of the men were invited.
I asked if she thought she was still contagious, and she answered only that she was at the “end stages” of the cold. I have no medical training or special knowledge in this area. Her phone call would have been the time to confess any information that may have affected your guests’ decision — such as another guest’s immunocompromised condition. But it was not the time to practice medicine without a license.
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