Dear LFTP: barbershop quartet recitals, honesty, and show close
- Should I be honest with my sister-in-law that I do not enjoy her two-to-three-hour barbershop quartet recitals?
A listener asks whether to be honest with her sister-in-law that two-to-three-hour barbershop quartet recitals every few weeks are unbearable. The hosts land on honest but kind: say it is not your thing, go once a year or show up once so she knows you are there for her. One host argues that constantly inviting people to boring things is itself selfish, and another says people can 'smell placation' in a highly advertised society. The secular answer read on air suggests being 'tactful,' which the hosts mock as an alternative to lying. The episode closes with sponsor mentions for Westfield Veterinary Hospital and Bob Eisenlauer.
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