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Dear Miss Manners: My daughters play competitive soccer. It is understood, and often in the rule book, that the parents of ...
I tried to talk about this character in what I hoped was a light way, he said, coldly and dismissively, “I don’t care what ...
In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to politely declining unwanted help from a store ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My stepson is a successful novelist. I’m reading an advanced copy of his new book, which is brilliant, but ...
In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to when offering feedback on a novel backfires.
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My stepson is a successful novelist. I’m reading an advanced copy of his new book, which is brilliant but ...
All authors crave discerning feedback. All authors also crave praise. The trick is knowing which to give when. Miss Manners ...
Gentle Reader: As etiquette prohibits you from snatching a gift back out of the recipient’s hands, Miss Manners recommends ...
This hurt my feelings. Noting his defensiveness, I left the conversation, but afterwards, his father and I fought. He thought ...
She's always so accommodating when her friend comes for a visit. But when the tables were turned, she came off snobby.
If we knew these friends were going to be eating some of what they made for us, it would feel like a public service to say ...
Am I justified in feeling miffed? Let me set the scene: I was the second of three people waiting in line to pay for our purchases at a local shop in our small town. The proprietor was the cashier, ...
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