My memory lapses aren’t really my fault.
I just invited a friend to see “Dune 2” with me, and he reminded me that he had declined to join me for the original “Dune,” so why would he want to go to the sequel? He did insert a laughing emoji, but it still stung.
But are we so sure your friend with the emoji was not trying to be funny? Miss Manners suspects he did not really expect you to remember his having turned down an invitation to the original “Dune,” which came out 40 years ago. Even if he was referring to the 2021 version, it might have lightened your own mood to answer, “I thought that after 40 years, your tastes might have changed for the better.
But you cite an interesting example. Current dinner guests of your grandparents should not be considered disrespectful of your grandparents’ life experience if they expect any licking of plates to occur out of sight.
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