Miss Manners: Woman has no time for needy longtime friend
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By Judith Martin
Published on March 4, 2026.
A woman who has known her longtime friend for over 30 years has become increasingly intrusive with her constant phone calls, incessantly asking for responses from her. She often posts things on social media that should be kept private, such as quilts or breads, and posts things online that need to be private. The last straw was when she threw her two cats outside, one of which ended up dead in the neighbors' yard. The solution to these calls is to explain that the two friends communicate only by text, an increasingly popular way of curbing the immediate demands of the telephone.
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