Mary Killen Mary Killen

Dear Mary: How can we make our dinner guests go?

Plus, my friend’s husband posts endless boastful pictures on Instagram — isn’t that frightfully boorish?

issue 31 October 2015
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Q. Many of our best and oldest friends have done so well they have stopped work. Meanwhile my husband still does a 50-hour week. Our friends must have forgotten what it’s like to have to get up at six because they’re always amazed when we try to leave their dinner parties at a reasonable hour.

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