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DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have visited a dear friend a few times over the years, and each time, I am greeted with a lovely guest ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have visited a dear friend a few times over the years, and each time, I am greeted with a lovely guest ...

Oh, Miss Manners realizes that was not your friend’s intention. She is one of those people who says, “I just don’t want to be any trouble,” and therefore creates not only unnecessary trouble, but bad ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a guest bringing their own bedding and towels.

She's always so accommodating when her friend comes for a visit. But when the tables were turned, she came off snobby.

I was rather shocked to discover that she arrived with a sleeping bag and her own towels, saying she didn’t want to inconvenience me.

It seems odd that a guest would not want to enjoy the trouble that the host obviously went to, but perhaps I have been mistaken.

When she visited me for the first time, I was excited to put together a similar experience for her. But I was rather shocked ...

Dear Miss Manners: I have visited a dear friend a few times over the years, and each time, I am greeted with a lovely guest ...

Dear Miss Manners: I have visited a dear friend a few times over the years, and each time, I am greeted with a lovely guest ...