Advice: A letter-writer wonders why people offer rationale for bad behavior, then say it’s not an excuse. It is called extenuating circumstances. Or throwing oneself on the mercy of the court.
Well, if it’s not an excuse, what is it? How should one respond to what seems like an attempt to have it both ways?But, as you point out, it is not an excuse, and you need not accept it as one. Miss Manners would permit you to say sadly, “No, I’m afraid you are right: It is not an excuse.”In my youth, I was taught how to dance. I was also taught that your escort was always your partner for the first and last dances.
Would I be wrong to follow my love of dance and leave my husband in his seat for most of the concert?a choice: Dance, or look up occasionally and smile proudly at how delightfully you dance. Miss Manners would consider it an insult to your marriage to believe that he would begrudge you some innocent enjoyment that he does not care to share.As I’ve gotten older, I attend more “celebrations of life” and “family remembrances.
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