# Is it impolite to refuse to share your umbrella with a stranger when it's raining?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 13, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-impolite-to-refuse-to-share-your-umbrella-with-a-stranger-when-its-raining/660930 "2013-06-13T21:29:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-impolite-to-refuse-to-share-your-umbrella-with-a-stranger-when-its-raining/660930/47 "2013-06-14T19:10:57Z")

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You said this yesterday:

> [@Dropping By To Visit - Unannounced](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropping-by-to-visit-unannounced/660564/58):
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> Absolutely nobody better drop by me unannounced. They will not be let in unless it’s a dire emergency. I didn’t even call my best friend when I was in a bus accident two blocks from her house.

Your friends can’t invade your space, but you feel that a stranger should allow you access to their space because it’s raining.

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