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Default Miss Manners on potlucks

Nancy Young wrote:

>On 1/4/2012 4:19 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 04/01/2012 3:14 PM, Chemo the Clown wrote:
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>>>
>>> Like when the parents picked out the groom?

>>
>>
>> Or the bride. My in-laws had some friends from India. The men were
>> business associates. Their son came to live in Canada and the in-laws
>> always tried to include him in things. One day he got a phone call from
>> his family. His mother was deathly ill with a kidney problem. He got on
>> a plane and scooted back home to find his mother in good health, and the
>> bride that they had picked out for him.

>
>At least the guys I knew flew home to India to be presented
>with a few options to choose from, not have the final decision
>made for him.
>
>nancy


What a great concept, it's like going to the Buick dealer, a guy gets
to test drive a half dozen models.... I'll take the one with the big
bumpers. LOL