DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m about to graduate from college. While attending school, I have worked multiple jobs at a time, volunteered, participated in extracurriculars, done research ... ... I often hear things like, “Your resume is going to be so great ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m about to graduate from college. While attending school, I have worked multiple jobs at a time, volunteered, participated in extracurriculars, done research, and ultimately will graduate in the expected amount of time for my degree.
I often hear things like, “Your resume is going to be so great -- I can only put silly things on mine,” or, “I was nowhere near as successful as you. I wish I could do it over again.” GENTLE READER: Such compliments are common, perhaps because the giver does not realize how ungracious comparisons are.
While we’ve expressed our thanks for her thoughtfulness, neither of us wants the gift. It seems like just one more device to set up, maintain and clutter up our homes. We really don’t want to bother with all that. So we sent a thank-you without mentioning that we didn’t like it.
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