DEAR MISS MANNERS: If I innocently say to my husband, “You’ll have to show me how to do something tomorrow,” he gets upset and answers, “I don’t HAVE to do anything.” He feels I am demanding he do something. What is your take on this?
GENTLE READER: That you should learn to say “please.”
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