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agonyaunt2023-02-02 02:33 pm
ermingarden) wrote in agonyaunt2023-02-02 02:33 pm
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Miss Manners: My friend has a large nude painting of herself on display
Dear Miss Manners: Some good friends of ours, a husband and wife, have a painting of the wife in their living room. The painting is a nude from her much younger days. It is not erotic, but it is very large and very explicit and detailed. She is looking at the viewer with a direct challenge.
When we visit, we are always taken to this room. I’ve asked to go to another room or to the garden, but my hostess says she loves to entertain in that room because of the sea view, which it does have.
It does not seem there is any polite way to avoid the giant nude, short of not visiting at all. Can you think of a way?
Many social situations require one to ignore the obvious; this is called tact. Miss Manners would have thought this was one of the less unpleasant of such situations, as you will be able to have a good snicker about it in the car on the way home.
When we visit, we are always taken to this room. I’ve asked to go to another room or to the garden, but my hostess says she loves to entertain in that room because of the sea view, which it does have.
It does not seem there is any polite way to avoid the giant nude, short of not visiting at all. Can you think of a way?
Many social situations require one to ignore the obvious; this is called tact. Miss Manners would have thought this was one of the less unpleasant of such situations, as you will be able to have a good snicker about it in the car on the way home.