Dear Queenie,
My wife and I are retired. Her daughter is a successful businesswoman who has a habit of dropping in to visit while we are having dinner. We have invited her to join us, but she doesn’t eat with us, she just sits there and chats.
Queenie, isn’t this rude?—Annoyed stepfather
Dear Stepfather,
If your stepdaughter expects you to stop eating to visit with her, yes, it is rude. But if she expects you to go on eating while she visits with you but chooses not to eat, I do not see any real problem.
