Column
Kathleen MacMahon: Why I’m turning down the next dinner invite for a ‘chiropodist’s appointment’
Forget making excuses, I’m following the example of my mother-in-law, whose response to an unwelcome invite is ‘Thank you, but I’d absolutely hate to. I can’t think of anything I’d like worse’
I have a very charming and slightly eccentric uncle in London. When my sister was getting married some years ago, she sent the uncle and his wife an invitation to her wedding. The reply that came back was brief but polite. My uncle thanked her, but regretted they would not be able to attend. They each had a chiropodist’s appointment that day.
We had a great laugh out of that, and even after the hilarity ...
