'Dear Miss Manners: Does joint custody mean I always have to be polite to someone I can't stand?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker questions whether legal custody requires maintaining politeness toward an disliked person.
- In plain terms
- Does custody force you to be polite to people you hate?
- What can you take from it?
- Legal duties do not always align with personal feelings.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What is the limit of politeness?
- Can you separate duty from feeling?
Another view
Some situations make politeness impossible or unsafe.
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