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Need to get this off my chest
cowgirl
September 18, 2013 15:18
So an old friend had a very acomoinious split from her boyfriend a year ago & is finally back on her feet to move from Cornwall to Scotland & change career So .... I'm happy to collect her from train station instead of her getting a connecting train (2 hour round trip), accommodate her for 2 nights, feed her, ferry her around to bank & mobile phone shop & take her to another train station this morning (5am) & I paid for all parking So it struck me this morning as I drove away she has terrible manners IMHO. She arrived with no little gifts for the kids or anything. We even nipped into Spar to get bread & still she bought nothing Is it me or is it bad manners to arrive at someone's house empty handed ? I feel better for moaning - thanks for listening
Brie
September 18, 2013 15:59
It is definitely bad manners. I always pay towards something and usually arrive with flowers/chocolates/wine/homemade cake. And il usually send a thank you card afterwards. Especially if I stay with others with children, I know how it puts you out and is hard having someone come into your home to stay. DH often has mates to stay and they always arrive with beer and usually flowers for me! And that's blokes!!
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Flosskirk
September 18, 2013 18:27
Bad manners - but she might not know any better. I had a discussion on similar lines with a friend who had someone come from Ireland to stay overnight at hers for a conference they were both going to the next day, and she brought nothing and didn't pay for anything. My friend said, it's just not the way she has been taught - it has never occurred to her. I think it's why there is a spike in demand for social etiquette classes, apparently! Loads of people don't know what is expected of them when they start moving in different circles.
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BermudaBlue
September 20, 2013 23:03
Maybe she'll send you a hamper from Scotland with haggis, oat biscuits, shortbread, heather honey and a bottle of whisky...
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cowgirl
September 21, 2013 00:03
Well I've just had a friend & her 3 teenage children over for tea & they arrived with nothing yet they were fed & watered so its not just her ! She did text afterwards to say that getting the bus was much easier & she'd definitely do that next time. I think sometimes if I am really truthful I am all mouth no trousers. No point moaning on here I should say something !
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