Plus: “Sorry for your loss, which you don’t know about yet.”
A woman I used to have a meal with once a month or so has not communicated with me in three years.Miss Manners: Our argument about her restaurant behavior ended our friendship
Last week she posted on social media that she is looking for a job. The next day, I got a frantic, brusque, ill-mannered and gauche email from her, saying, “As you can see, I am reaching out,” referencing her job search, “so I’d really like to get together.” Then she listed dates when she was available.
She is not a kid. She is a woman in her 60s who is old enough to have been taught how to write a polite letter .: In those three years, did you reach out to this friend? Miss Manners only asks because if you did, and the friend did not respond, then you are entitled to be indignant. In any case, a polite but curt response would be, “I am so relieved to hear that you are out and about again, but I’m afraid I am not in a position to help with job connections.” You need not elaborate.: My husband is a first responder and usually lets me know when neighbors or acquaintances die. Sometimes I know before the rest of their family.
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