Miss Manners

SingleMom31

I saw this in The Washington Post today and thought of you ladies. Really, no tags? Who wants to bet that this MTB would have a friend stationed at the door to collect the gifts?

https://m.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/miss-manners-keep-your-shirt-on-please/2013/11/05/1d92d914-433f-11e3-a624-41d661b0bb78_story.html

VOR

Um.... no GIFT tags??  WTF? 

Of all the things I might say "I'd skip" if ___ happened, this I really WOULD skip.  What the hell?  While, in essence, giving a gift shouldn't be about getting "credit" for it - at the same time, to REQUEST "no tags".... jaw on floor. 

Helenahhandbasket

I have NEVER heard of this request before and for that I am grateful.

RibbitGrl930

Ew. Ew ew ew ew ew.

sschwege

Just when I thought I had heard it all!

I would hand knit a sweater that read, "My Auntie ______ made this for me!"

Michelle N

Disgusting! I would get a cheap, tacky gift... if I went. Would people really bother putting a lot of thought into a gift (a) for someone so tacky and (b) if they wouldn't notice?

nunzchucks

That's crazy, but can we discuss the guy who insists on being shirtless at all times?

FakeFinn

I'd be tempted to give a box of condoms.

RibbitGrl930

That's crazy, but can we discuss the guy who insists on being shirtless at all times?

But his body is not offensive.

ArgyleBride

My favorite part of the whole column was this reader comment: "My father loved to putter--indoors or out, it didn't matter. So on hot days, when he sat down to lunch, he was often sweaty and chose to doff his shirt and sit at the table bare-chested. When asking and threatening didn't work, my stepmother finally cured him of this habit the day she sat down bare-chested at the lunch table herself."  ROFL

Paradisemoon

@ArgyleBride said:

I saw that too! Could you imagine being in that family! I about died!!!
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