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DEAR MISS MANNERS: Some members of my husband’s family are always late. Because of this, we have ended up sitting in restaurants for over half an hour, waiting outside a theater, missing the beginning of tours or excursions, going to their place for Sunday dinner at 6 but not eating until 8, etc.
To get around this, I think it’s best to lie: to tell them dinner is at 6, when it’s really at 6:45, or that the movie starts at 8 . My husband disagrees with this method, but the constant waiting is getting really old. What do you think?You could handle a moral objection by saying, “We have to be there by ...” instead of “it starts at ...”
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