DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a young person with recurrent hip pain, and I have considered using a mobility aid -- namely, a walking cane. ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a young person with recurrent hip pain, and I have considered using a mobility aid -- namely, a walking cane. Since I am still young and live with my parents, I feel a bit uncomfortable at the idea of using a cane. My parents are the type to tell me to “walk it off,” even though a cane would help me a great deal with my pain.
Miss Manners is not encouraging you to attack your parents. But they do need a good talking-to about your mobility being more important than ridiculous -- not to mention ageist -- concerns about what others think.GENTLE READER: When his friends, who are probably also going off to college, and your friends, who are probably paying college tuition, beg you to allow them to help furnish his dormitory room.DEAR MISS MANNERS: When my husband died after a long illness, I received many lovely notes.
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