I’m too busy to take on one more social event — is that rude?
Mid-50s reader with three jobs and a 60–80 hour workweek asks whether it’s rude to turn down more social invitations.
Dear Eric: I’m mid-50s and I have three jobs (two part time as a college professor). I also have three grown children, a husband, my parents and many friends. I constantly get requests from co-workers and other friends for happy hours, dinners, brunches, workshops, seminars and other events.
As it is, I have a brutal work schedule of about 60 to 80 hours per week, not including personal tasks and then social events. It’s not impacting my health, yet.