I consider this something like a sympathy situation and wonder if the remaining employees should call or write me to offer ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have visited a dear friend a few times over the years, and each time, I am greeted with a lovely guest ...

Oh, Miss Manners realizes that was not your friend’s intention. She is one of those people who says, “I just don’t want to be any trouble,” and therefore creates not only unnecessary trouble, but bad ...

Dear Miss Manners: I have visited a dear friend a few times over the years, and each time, I am greeted with a lovely guest ...

Dear Miss Manners: I have visited a dear friend a few times over the years, and each time, I am greeted with a lovely guest ...

GENTLE READER: Such an unpleasant invitation. There is no need to serve alcohol, but there is also no need to issue a warning ...

Ordinarily, Miss Manners would advise you to treat this like the fundraiser it is -- that is, to accept only if you consider ...

The “solution” of my going up the stairs first means that the woman is then left at eye-level with my buttocks.

There is no need to serve alcohol, but there is also no need to issue a warning, as if the guests were likely to smuggle it in. And forbidding presents while putting out a cash box makes it clear that ...

There is no need to serve alcohol, but there is also no need to issue a warning, as if the guests were likely to smuggle it ...

GENTLE READER: The correct procedure is that the lady goes up the stairs first, and a gentleman keeps his salacious thoughts ...

"Is there a way to gently encourage the hospital staff to be less concerned with the status of the area that the patients are ...