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http://www.buffalonews.com/life/colu...icle262608.ece

Dear Miss Manners: Is it rude to bring your own stuffing because
you don’t like what the host is serving? (The “host” is my daughter,
and my boyfriend is the stuffing hater.)

Gentle Reader: Since this is a family dinner, there is a polite way
for him to bring stuffing that he likes. All he has to do, Miss
Manners begs you to inform him, is to obtain your daughter’s
permission beforehand to bring it nicely packed inside of a freshly
cooked turkey.


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I don't understand MM's response. What's so terrible about bringing
extra stuffing without a turkey to go with it? In MY experience,
stuffing is something people often like MORE than the turkey - and
since, in my extended family, Thanksgiving dinner is always at the
same house, it would be wrong, in our opinions, for each of us NOT to
bring part of the meal - or an "extra" pie, stuffing or vegetable
dish. So all you'd have to do is bring a generous amount in case
everyone else prefers your stuffing too.

But I do like MM's response to the next letter. Even though it
surprised me a bit.

Lenona.