Today’s Column: April 21, 2023

Tough Talk,

I am related to an old and upstanding family that goes back to the earliest years of this country.  But I am sad and disappointed in some of the actions of my family in the recent years and also going back decades as well.  I can tell you stories that would make your hair curl, like when my sister showed up at a dinner wearing a summer dress and not a dinner dress or my brother who went out on the back portico once and took a phone call while everyone was getting ready for champagne and hors d’oeuvres.  I’m at my wits end with this endless parade of faux paus and crummy manners.  What should I do TT?  (Parkside, Florida)

Parkside,

Who gives a damn about your stupid patrician manners and etiquette?  I know I don’t.  Get a life squidley.

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