An elderly woman faces pressure to attend a grandchild's distant graduation despite her declining health. Her family argues that declining an invitation is disrespectful, but advice is offered to communicate her limitations with kindness. Another scenario addresses etiquette in a fitness club where members occupy gym equipment while on their phones, suggesting that a nonconfrontational approach can facilitate gym etiquette among users.
Imagine a world in which it was wrong to decline any invitation: An acquaintance invites you to come over for a house-painting party. A rejected lover invites you on a trip. A teenager invites you to go skydiving. Just nuts, as you have already concluded.
Though meant to be flattering, repeated urging is only making her feel bad that she is not physically up to going.
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