My wife and I have apologized profusely, but the friendship may be over.
: We were scheduled to have dinner with two friends at the tail end of a fun week — several days of entertainments, parties, drinking and late nights.Miss Manners: She tried to ruin my wedding, and I don’t know what to say to her
My wife thinks I should have lied and told them we were sick, but instead I told them the truth. Now they feel like trash thrown out the window. What am I missing? Do you have any advice on what we can say or do to mend this relationship, or is it time to move on?: Miss Manners is keenly aware that many of her Gentle Readers believe that anything other than “total honesty” is wrong. These are your friends, after all, you tell yourself — they will understand.
But next time Miss Manners gets chastised for telling her readers not to “just be honest,” she may well point to your example with its obvious collateral damage.Recently in my water aerobics class, someone who is one month younger asked me, in a crowded area, “How does it feel to be the oldest one in the group? Ha ha.”Ask Amy: It was a lovely wedding. And then we got the email from the bride.
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