Advice from Judith Martin, Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin.
My husband and I live in a warm climate, and there is a couple who visits us two or three times every winter for at least a week each time. The man is my husband’s good friend dating back to college. Those two like to play golf during these visits, and I am left to entertain his wife.
Is there any way to tell them that? My choice would be to go our separate ways during the day and then meet up for dinner. My husband is totally supportive, and is willing to address this with his friend.: As long as what your husband communicates is your regret that you are otherwise engaged for the week -- and not that you find his friend’s wife a shopaholic lush. Then Miss Manners suggests that you become quickly and convincingly occupied, even if it is only with a good book at a remote cafe.
My husband and I are minimalists. We have very few pieces of art, and the ones we do have are small and personal. If you want to imagine our house, picture empty white walls and no drapery.I’m not sure I did a very good job hiding my shock when I realized she expected me to take this painting home and hang it up somewhere. I gushed as profusely as I could about how beautiful it was and about her talent. Then I asked her to keep it at her mom’s house for me until I decided where to hang it.
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