Dear LFTP: the coworker's unruly party dogs
- What would have been the polite way to ask my coworker to put the dogs in their kennels while guests were eating?
The first Dear LFTP letter: a listener attended a coworker's party for about 15 guests where two inside dogs barked, jumped on people, and hovered for food, with no attempt to control them, despite visible kennels. The hosts agree the owner made a poor choice, but as a guest you mostly say nothing — one notes a host's bloodhound slobbers on pants and noses guests' crotches, and another agrees with the approach of just leaving early. One host notes he would feel free to say something at a house referenced as Ben's. The Secular answer is read: there's no polite way to ask a host to put a family member in the garage during a party.
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Dear LFTP: the single man and the holiday cliques
- Would it be wrong for the lonely single man to start declining holiday invitations?
The first Dear LFTP letter: a single man, happy with his life and plenty of friends and family, dreads the holidays — at Thanksgiving and Christmas gatherings of 15 to 25 people,…
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Dear LFTP: the inclusive dinner and the autistic boy
- How can I stay inclusive when a new family's severely autistic child disrupts my neighborhood movie night?
Mike reads the first Dear LFTP letter: a single woman hosts monthly inclusive neighborhood dinners and movie nights (kids, dogs, a ramp for an elderly neighbor), but a new…
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Dear LFTP #2: friends who always bring extra people
- How do we stop friends from inviting extra people to our gatherings?
Mike reads the second letter: dear friends who socialize a lot keep inviting extra people to gatherings at the listener's lake house — including, once, a passed-out stranger ('my coyote fell asleep on the couch').
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Dear LFTP: the $600 lawnmower and buying them a mower
- My nephew's wife took my $600, lied about it, and is avoiding me. Should I say something or let it go?
Mike reads a letter from someone who gave a nephew's wife $600 for a self-propelled lawnmower; she spent it, never bought the mower, and now avoids them.
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