Letters to the Editor
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Another exciting day in Cary-ville
Boy, I really hate all of the characters in this little drama.
The insensitive husband, the overly sensitive aunt and uncle, the borish cousin.
I hate the (implied) fact that if the LW or her husband were to bring the cousin's borishness to her attention, she would run and tell her overly sensitive parents, thereby setting off an irreparable family feud. (Why on earth would a grown-up share this with her parents?)
I hate the LW who is incapable of finding a polite but firm way to ask a rude interloper to call first before just showing up at the house. (Ummm, let's see, maybe something like ... "We love seeing you but it might be best if you called first to make sure we don't have other plans..."). Sweetie, if you need to write to Cary to solve this problem, how exactly do you manage to get out of bed in the morning?
Which leaves Cary. Who seems to be off his meds today, both for selecting this stupid letter for publication and then being unable to muster any modicum of a useful response.