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Miss Manners: Husband’s game isn’t cute

Husband’s way of telling his spouse about food on their face is humiliating.

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Dear Miss Manners: My husband and I dine out often. I use my napkin and have good manners, but even so, there are times that I apparently get small particles of food on my face.

When this happens, my husband thinks it’s fun to play “food-on-your-face charades.” He will point to his own face to let me know that there is a problem, then when I use my napkin to clean it up, he will say “wrong side” and point to another place on his face.

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