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Dear Mary

Dear Mary: how do I stop a nosy acquaintance from snooping in my house?

23 March 2024

9:00 AM

23 March 2024

9:00 AM

Q. I’m very fond of a neighbour in our village and we see a lot of each other. She has told me she has got X, an acquaintance of mine, coming to stay and wants to bring her over for a drink before lunch on the Sunday. The trouble is X is a decorator and will ask if she can look around the house.

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