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Dear Mary

Dear Mary: How do I get my masseuse to stop talking?

30 October 2021

9:00 AM

30 October 2021

9:00 AM

Q. Our two daughters often bring friends down for the weekend. These friends are more than welcome; we enjoy their company and most have perfect manners — except they never leave a tip. Our daughters claim that no one of their age group (early twenties) carries cash and that even if they remind their guests to bring some to leave in their room, they are so unused to using cash points that most of them still forget.

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