Dear Queenie,
My wife and I recently moved into a new home and we are busy with fixing things up and getting everything arranged, but everyone keeps asking us to let them see our new place. We keep telling them we will have a housewarming party as soon as we get settled in and get things fixed up, but even so, some of them just drop by and then make remarks about how messy and cluttered the place is.
Queenie, how do we say “no” to people who are being rude to us without being just as rude to them?—New home Etty Ket
Dear Etty Ket,
It is not rude to stand up to someone who is being rude to you. Just (try to) smile, and tell them you are too busy to entertain them at the moment, but you will invite them to the housewarming when the time comes.
