It is only funny if you think it's amusing to be treated condescendingly. Miss Manners might have been tempted to say, Well, I would have put my own name, but I've been married so long that I don't remember what it is. And then excused herself before the lecture about being a person in your own right.
What might be amusing is to know if Sam would get the same reaction if he identified himself at your reunion as Samantha's husband. Miss Manners' guess is that this would be considered charming loyalty from a supportive spouse - whom nobody would doubt is also a person in his own right.
I am at a loss for how to shut down the line of inquiry while maintaining a professional and caring relationship. I am asked, in both direct and indirect ways, whether I am pregnant. For instance, Ooh, is your waistline expanding? (with a conspiratorial wink and a finger pointed at my less-than-flat belly). Or just outright, Are you pregnant?
#humor #professionalism #responding-to-condescension #personal-identity #dealing-with-intrusive-questions
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