Dear Miss MANNERS: Help! My husband and I stayed at my parent’s house and slept in the guest bedroom. Their friends gifted them with a horrible but very expensive mattress. It slopes heavily towards the edges so you feel like you are falling all night making it impossible to sleep.
My mom happened to ask if we liked the mattress so I said no and explained why. She proceeded to look up mattress reviews on her phone to see if I was right about whether we liked the mattress or not (I think).
What will we do on our next visit? We’re seriously not going to sleep on that mattress, but to say we’re staying in a hotel would probably start World War III.
GENTLE READER: When you’re a parent (if you aren’t already), remember this exchange when you ask your kids for feedback (as you want) and then argue when they give it (as you also want).
Miss Manners notes this just to grease the wheel of life. The answer to your immediate problem is to remind the mother that she asked and hope her sense of fair play prevails. And sleep on the couch.
(Send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, dearmissmanners@gmail.com; or by mail to Miss Manners, Andrews McMeel Syndication, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, MO 64106.)
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