Advice from Judith Martin, Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin.
Is it rude to say “nice to see you again” when someone introduces themselves as if you’ve never met? You don’t really know until you get past this greeting whether someone remembers you or not.
Miss Manners assumes that people of average acuity, when greeted as you propose, will have the grace to pretend remembering you. If they look surprised, then you may offer minimal additional information lest they start looking for the exits.My in-laws retired and moved to a remote part of the country that is quite expensive to fly to, and would take several days to drive to. We visited when they first moved two years ago, but no one has really visited them since.
It seems to be an attempt to draw in visitors. We received another letter stating that this will be the “first annual” reunion, implying they expect this yearly.My husband and I are fine going this one time, as it would be nice to see everyone, but we also agree that we will not be doing this yearly -- we would like to have vacation money to experience other places besides their backyard.
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