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Dear Abby: We Can't Believe Our Rude Friends Allow Their Dog To Sit At Our Dinner Table

DEAR ABBY: We host dinner parties in our home with dear friends.

They always bring their little dog, but never ask if it's OK with us. When they're finished eating, the husband picks the dog up onto his lap at the table.

I think it's unbelievably rude to have a dog at the dinner table. Am I wrong?

My husband and I are appalled and don't know how to approach them about it without ruining our friendship. We are flabbergasted that they think this is right. What do you suggest we do? -- SHOCKED IN OHIO

DEAR SHOCKED: Your problem is having allowed this for so long without speaking up.

The solution now is to either stop inviting this couple to your dinner parties, or to ask them not to bring "Fifi" with them because an uninvited dog sitting at your table bothers you AND your husband.

(Refrain from using the word "rude," which would come across as judgmental.) This may seem "ruff," but you have got to do it.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.Com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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Dear Abby: How Rude! Guests For Dinner Often Bring Their Dog, Which They Let Up To The Table

Dear Abby: Dear friends we often have for dinner always bring their little dog. When they're finished eating, the husband picks the dog up onto his lap at the table. Unbelievably rude! Your advice? Getty Images

Dear Abby: We host dinner parties in our home with dear friends. They always bring their little dog, but never ask if it's OK with us. When they're finished eating, the husband picks the dog up onto his lap at the table. I think it's unbelievably rude to have a dog at the dinner table. Am I wrong?

My husband and I are appalled and don't know how to approach them about it without ruining our friendship. We are flabbergasted that they think this is right. What do you suggest we do?

-- Shocked in Ohio

Dear Shocked: Your problem is having allowed this for so long without speaking up. The solution now is to either stop inviting this couple to your dinner parties, or to ask them not to bring "Fifi" with them because an uninvited dog sitting at your table bothers you AND your husband. (Refrain from using the word "rude," which would come across as judgmental.) This may seem "ruff," but you have got to do it.

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Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.Com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. Copyright 2024, Andrews McMeel Syndication.

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