In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a friend who is upset by splitting the bill.
In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a friend who is upset by splitting the bill. You can send your questions to Miss Manners through her email, [email protected] MISS MANNERS: My husband and I went out to brunch to celebrate three single friends’ birthdays. The three of them had made these plans among themselves and then invited us after the planning, when matters of date, time and place were already set.
GENTLE READER: Another way to think of it is that your presence in no way affected the split: In your absence, the three single friends would each have contributed one-third of the total. But, as you must have known when you made your explanation, math was never going to improve your friend’s mood. Miss Manners, who is unimpressed that this friend’s honesty won out over his civility or feelings of friendship, would have had you say, “I’m sorry you were disappointed.
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