Why should women receive such rude and outrageous treatment in their day-to-day lives?
In today's column, Miss Manners advises a reader who's tired of hearing smart remarks about her living alone in a big house.I am a single woman who learned early on that I wasn’t cut out for apartment living -- that I wanted my own house. I was “orphaned” by 30 and moved into the home I inherited.
A painter came into my garage and saw my decade-old, run-of-the-mill sedan and said, “Whoa, nice car,” sarcastically. A plumber looked around my basement and said, “This is a lot of house for one person.” When I told him that his quote was too high, he pointed to a piece of furniture and said, “Oh, you can’t afford my rate, but you can afford antiques?”
After decades of this, I’ve grown sick and tired of being told in so many ways that I don’t deserve what I have. They should not. But as Miss Manners is in the manners, not the morals, business, she will offer a simple solution: Do not reengage plumbers, painters and lawyers who so [email protected]
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