Advice: A professor worries about insulting student athletes by wishing them good luck before their games.
reeeally looking for an insult. Or if, as with the theater world, saying “good luck” is actually bad luck. However, Miss Manners does not recommend the traditional theatrical saying — “Break a leg!” — to athletes, for obvious reasons.I was hosting my mother-in-law for the weekend for my daughter’s first birthday party, which I held at my house on a Saturday.
My other set of in-laws were staying at a hotel, but they came by the morning of the party and helped set up. My mother-in-law socialized from the couch for a good seven hours leading up to the party. Not more than a half-hour into the fete, my mother-in-law suddenly and loudly announced that she was leaving to get herself a special energy drink. I was appalled and hurt. I had worked so hard to create a fun and comfortable environment for my guests, but she felt she couldn’t sit through my baby’s party without her little treat.
When I tried to vent about this situation on a moms’ forum, I got attacked and told it’s not that big of a deal to leave a party and get your caffeine fix. But my mother-in-law had all day to do this. Instead, she waited until the party started.think — by certain parties, at least — that the one solitary bit of happiness that your poor mother-in-law requested, you were too preoccupied to provide.
As you may never make either one happy, Miss Manners recommends you cease trying so hard — and enjoy the guests who stayed.
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