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Dear Mary

Dear Mary: At a smart dinner party, is it wrong to ask for the wifi code?

21 April 2018

9:00 AM

21 April 2018

9:00 AM

Q. My husband and I are excited to have been invited to dinner by our most important neighbour. However our neighbour is fairly correct so I imagine it will go down like a lead balloon if I ask for his wifi code as soon as I walk in. The problem is that now I own a smartphone, everyone knows I’m accessible at all times, and I like to discreetly glance at my emails to reassure myself that there is nothing urgent.

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