Posted: Oct 04, 2014 4:04 pm
Well, that's the price of politeness. Instead of raging at people she "hinted at" when they were in the same room, they should have been firm and clear. What's the worst that could happen: they don't come to visit you anymore?
She even said she was on Facebook. Why not send a note saying: we have many visitors, please keep your visits very short? And then stick to it? It'd take some energy to manage that, but surely less energy than sitting there and trying not to rage while these people were eating up so much of what little time they had left together.
I sympathize with her position, but I think there's a time when social niceties need to go right out the window. Raging at people after the fact essentially makes a waste out of all that time and energy put into being nice.
She even said she was on Facebook. Why not send a note saying: we have many visitors, please keep your visits very short? And then stick to it? It'd take some energy to manage that, but surely less energy than sitting there and trying not to rage while these people were eating up so much of what little time they had left together.
I sympathize with her position, but I think there's a time when social niceties need to go right out the window. Raging at people after the fact essentially makes a waste out of all that time and energy put into being nice.