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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's quite obvious that a lot of these tweens and teens have absolutely NO experience at sitting down to a family meal or being guests in homes where meals are served. It IS sad. They don't know what to do with a napkin.[/quote]

You sound like my ILs. We invited them to join us on a family vacation at a 4 (not 5) star resort. The day they arrived they couldn't get into their room early and when they asked, in a huff, where they could change to use the pool the hotel staff gave the directions to the changing room rather than personally escorting them. Beer was served without a glass. There was a children's menu at the restaurant. The horrors didn't stop!

They could not get over it. They think their "high standards" make them very special, but it is just plain snobbery actually makes them pathetically fragile. They can't just relax and enjoy a vacation with their grandkids because they spend all their time calculating the missteps of others and the "slights" against them. THAT is sad.

I feel sorry for you OP. Your world sounds very small and insignificant, yet somehow you've convinced yourself it is not.
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Well put.[/quote]

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