If your friends can’t treat your family and your home with respect, then they aren’t welcome.
Dear Lisi: My daughter had a bunch of her friends over for a pool party and I was astonished at their behaviour. They were extremely messy, leaving food wrappers on the ground, crumbs everywhere and lots of overturned cups and melted ice cream.
It’s not difficult – you spill something, you clean it up. You say hello, thank you, and goodbye. You ask if you can help, you clean up, and you’re polite. The ABC’s of being a good guest. These lessons will guide your daughters as they grow up and spend time at other people’s homes, cottages, and on vacation.Reader – “I just read your advice regarding two people overhearing a man berate a woman in public for her food choices.
“Well, MAYBE that’s just their dynamic! How far as a society have we fallen if that is an acceptable dynamic? But what if saying something puts her more at risk? What if it is abuse? If he’s already abusing her, he’s not going to stop. If he was going to escalate, he will. For any reason that suits him because that’s what happens in abusive relationships. Tiptoeing around abusers hasn’t worked so far.
However, we can’t go around as bystanders inserting ourselves into other peoples’ lives. There does have to be some sense of decorum, respect and privacy. Yes, from the letter writer’s description, the scene sounded “off.” But I wasn’t there, so I responded accordingly, and yes, cautiously.
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