On Wednesday, April 9, 2014 7:53:04 PM UTC-4, Kalmia wrote:
> You are well rid of that bunch.

You DO know I wasn't the one in that story, yes?

I have to wonder how Miss Manners would have handled it - if the kid is under a certain age, I suppose MM would have suggested talking to the mother in private and demanding that her kid apologize. The trouble with what the giver did is that the mother's knee-jerk reaction obviously was to take her kids' side - and from now on, they'll likely be telling the story to outsiders in such a way as to make HER look like the bad guy.

Lenona.