Advice from Judith Martin, Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin.
Miss Manners: Our guest had a long phone call at the table during a holiday dinner. I considered dousing her with wine.Because of COVID, we had not been having our regular family and friends Seder. We were happy to restart the occasion and had a rather large gathering.
I considered beating the caller with a stick, or at least dousing them with wine. My spouse was similarly angry. Miss Manners believes you would be better off asking to say hello to the absent relative, and then adding, “We’re sorry you can’t be here, but you will excuse us exiting now, so that we can continue with the Seder.”When we celebrated Easter with my family, my husband brought his tablet in the car and into our relative’s house. He uses it to game.We have had many arguments over the excessive gaming. I asked him not to bring it into the relative’s home.
My wife insisted that we should still attend because we accepted the invitation , but I was torn between spoiling our friends’ long-planned dinner party with an 11th-hour cancellation or subjecting the other guests to my cough. She did not want to attend alone.
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