Feb 5, 2018
'I hope you don't mind, but...'
‘I hope you don’t mind, but…’
This start to a sentence, along with its non-identical twin – ‘I know you’ll understand…’ – rarely delivers good news and is, all too often, an attempt by the speaker to justify (and have you forgive or make excuses for) poor behaviour.
As someone with a reputation for being kind, a good listener, sympathetic (and, thus, to some, a carpet in human form) and understanding, I have had more than my…
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