DEAR ABBY: We often go out to dinner with another couple and have done so for several years. It has become increasingly embarrassing because of the demands they place on the servers.
They always want more butter (and often demand it before the rolls or bread are served), they want more sauce, more gravy, more cheese, more dressing, then more bread, butter, syrup -- basically more of everything. Then they feel compelled to let the server know what was wrong with the meal after we are finished.
How can my wife and I bow out of dinner dates with them without canceling all other social activities we do together? -- DESPERATE AT DINNER
DEAR DESPERATE: I can see how eating with a couple like that could give someone indigestion. You don't have to cut them off completely, just be less and less available for those dinners.