I never really honed being well-mannered, did I? My instinct is to be direct, but that’s often rude. For example, you can’t say, I want to go now when you want to go; you have to say, Well, I’ve had a lovely time, but sadly I’m beat, even when you are an insomniac, or you’ve had espresso, or done coke, and know you’re going to be up for hours. Sometimes I think I accidentally made up white lies that were ruder than telling the truth.
