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Dear Mary

Dear Mary: How do I handle my lockdown guest’s lack of table manners?

2 May 2020

9:00 AM

2 May 2020

9:00 AM

Q. I am being driven to distraction by a touchy relation who has responded to the lockdown by WhatsApping me three or four times per day with a succession of YouTube and other video clips, accompanied by messages such as ‘You’ll love this!’ If only that were the case. None of the often lengthy video clips are particularly interesting or entertaining, yet I feel obliged to open them, not least because WhatsApp allows her to see whether or not I have done so.

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