Miss Manners: I found a student’s racy lingerie in my clean laundry, what now?
I live near a university, and graduate students are always looking for odd jobs to make extra money. One of them does my laundry twice a week, and always returns it beautifully folded.
This week there was a surprise: a clean pair of red underwear with a reinforced, O-shaped opening in the crotch. It was quite well-made, and could represent a bit of an investment on a student budget. I’m no prude, and celebrate whatever sexuality may be expressed by this particular garment. My instinct is to return the item in a little bag with a note saying it isn’t mine. But somehow that feels rude, presumptuous and a bit intrusive.Miss Manners suggests that you indeed return the garment with the note saying it is not yours. Adamant assurances of your open-mindedness need not accompany it.Miss Manners: Did my old roommate get divorced? Her hubby is missing onlinedearmissmanners@gmail.
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