Dear L. A. Plume,
A friend wants me to travel with her for a couple of weeks and I like the idea. We haven't traveled together before so I don't know how comfortable I'll be sharing a hotel room with her; I snore, she stays up late reading, I don't like to sleep with the lights on, etc. How can we find out if this is going to work before we embark on a journey? I don't want to hurt the friendship.
Jane

Dear L. A. Plume,

She's done it again. She accepted an invitation to a birthday party being given for me, but didn't invite me to hers. And what may be even worse is that she tried to pretend she invited me. I don't think calling the evening of the party and saying, "Are you coming tonight; I haven't heard from you?!" counts as an invitation, do you?