DEAR MISS MANNERS: Do you have any ideas on how to stop my husband from yelling and cussing? He’s a good person and doesn’t cuss at me, but almost everything makes him mad.
He is always polite in front of people, but I have to listen to him complain about everyone, every day. I can’t listen to any more of it.GENTLE READER: Have you tried “Honey, that upsets me”?
Miss Manners is afraid that you will have to explain to him gently that the consequences of making life unpleasant in one’s own home are far greater than those of annoying outsiders.DEAR MISS MANNERS: I had two tickets to the ballet and wanted my friend to go with me. I called and asked if she’d like to go, and she said “we” would love to.
GENTLE READER: But you doubtless said, “Would you like to go to the ballet with me?” And that is a problem of the English language, where “you” is both singular and plural. Trying to make the distinction has led to the use of the colloquial “you all” and the often misapplied “you guys.” Next time, Miss Manners suggests that you open with, “I have an extra ticket.” You can still say it in this case: “Oh, I’d love to see Zach another time, but I have only one extra ticket.”DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m in my mid 60s, and am encountering more and more situations where friends and family repeat the same stories.
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