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Miss Manners: My friend’s wife keeps interrupting our phone conversations

A reader asks how to address a recurring interruption during calls without offending his friend or the friend’s wife.

Published May 27, 2026, 5:44 AM EDT | LehighValleyLive

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A dear friend and I live several hours away from each other, so to keep in touch, we speak often on the telephone. He works part-time, so he usually calls me on his off days when his wife is home. This is the problem.