http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/11/01/be-honest-with-yourself-no-thank-you/ Where our past is never very long ago Sat, 25 May 2013 06:15:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/11/01/be-honest-with-yourself-no-thank-you/comment-page-1/#comment-30857 David Y. Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:56:39 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=5905#comment-30857 Yes, the reminder to include a “thank you” with the “no” is wonderful.

]]> http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/11/01/be-honest-with-yourself-no-thank-you/comment-page-1/#comment-30855 Paul Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:23:45 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=5905#comment-30855 I also like the reminder to be gracious. My experience on four continents is that a gracious refusal has never been questioned.

]]> http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/11/01/be-honest-with-yourself-no-thank-you/comment-page-1/#comment-30850 kew Mon, 01 Nov 2010 18:22:50 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=5905#comment-30850 I like the emphasis on being gracious, as opposed to condemning the host and leaving the party immediately, which seems more along the lines of how things are taught now.

]]> http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/11/01/be-honest-with-yourself-no-thank-you/comment-page-1/#comment-30847 psychochemiker Mon, 01 Nov 2010 18:17:53 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=5905#comment-30847 I like it a lot…

]]> http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/11/01/be-honest-with-yourself-no-thank-you/comment-page-1/#comment-30846 ellen Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:30:06 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=5905#comment-30846 we sometimes think an explanation is due. it isn’t.

]]> http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/11/01/be-honest-with-yourself-no-thank-you/comment-page-1/#comment-30844 Joseph Smidt Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:26:34 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=5905#comment-30844 Keep it simple. KISS

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