We set up a camera or phone on a tripod ...Almost every time we do this in public, a stranger will come up and ask if they ...

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DEAR MISS MANNERS: I need to know if I am justified in feeling miffed. Let me set the scene: I was the second of three people ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Once a month, I make a four-gallon pot of soup for my small church community. When planning the soup, I ...

GENTLE READER: The correct procedure is that the lady goes up the stairs first, and a gentleman keeps his salacious thoughts to himself. Should you go first, however, Miss Manners, unlike your wife, ...

Dear Miss Manners: I need to know if I am justified in feeling miffed. Let me set the scene: I was the second of three people ...

Frequently she sees me out back with my dogs, and asks to come into my yard so that our dogs may have a playdate. This is ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: As a frequent tourist, I take lots of photos wherever I go. I try not to be intrusive, but it isn’t feasible to ask permission of anonymous people in public spaces, and U.S ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: As a frequent tourist, I take lots of photos wherever I go. I try not to be intrusive, but it isn’t feasible to ask permission of anonymous people in public spaces, and U.S ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: As a frequent tourist, I take lots of photos wherever I go. I try not to be intrusive, but it isn’t feasible to ask permission of anonymous people in public spaces, and U.S ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have developmental prosopagnosia, or face-blindness, and cannot recognize any human faces. I work remotely in a profession that does not require me to interact directly with ...

Miss Manners suspects it is the fussy name and the embellishments that condemn handkerchiefs as frivolous.