Their neighbor’s very bright light in the yard is ruining the ambience of this letter writer’s nights on the porch.
This is developing into a major problem between my husband and me, and we would like to resolve it without installing a shade on the porch window or planting tall shrubs at our expense.
The phrase “I’m sure you don’t realize …” will be more effective if paired with a separate statement that you would like to get to know the neighbor, and an invitation to enjoy a drink on the porch. That the neighbor will then experience the issue himself need not be mentioned.Is one obligated to speak to a stranger who approaches them? And are there different rules when it is in person vs.
I commented on someone else’s social media post, and a complete stranger replied to me, addressing me by first name as if we were long acquaintances. I replied to them that I was certain they did not know me. They replied that they would like to, and I gave them my customary answer: “No.”acknowledge strangers ends when they make a nuisance of themselves, an exception that telemarketers live in hope you will forget.
As Miss Manners sees it, the distinction between online and off is that a stranger approaching you on the street presents a possibly frightening intrusion, whereas it is expected in online forums. So while your would-be social media friend was not rude in addressing you, and although they are hardly the only person who believes that surnames have been abolished, they forfeited any further call on your time after progressing to cheeky.
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