"DEAR MISS MANNERS: A friend called me asking if she could crash at my place that same day. I thought that was super-rude. She was visiting someone else but didn't want to stay at that house because her other friend has a husband and two children, and I have more room. I felt very uncomfortable with her just unexpectedly telling me she wanted to stay at my place instead of getting a hotel room."
"When this happens, my husband thinks it's fun to play food-on-your-face charades. He will point to his own face to let me know that there is a problem, then when I use my napkin to clean it up, he will say wrong side and point to another place on his face. This can go on three or four times until I feel totally embarrassed and humiliated."
A homeowner received an unexpected request to host a visiting friend who preferred avoiding a household with children; the homeowner felt uncomfortable and emphasized that a private residence is not a crash pad. A diner experienced repeated teasing from her husband about small particles of food on her face; carrying a small mirror offers a simple solution for immediate embarrassment, while the teasing indicates a deeper interpersonal issue that requires attention. A patient reported that a younger urologist addressed him as "pal" rather than by name and questioned whether that informal address was rude or unprofessional.
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