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My daughters play competitive soccer. It is understood, and often in the rule book, that the parents of one team sit on one ...
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 daughters play competitive soccer. It is understood, and often in the rule book, that the parents of ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My stepson is a successful novelist. I’m reading an advanced copy of his new book, which is brilliant but contains a neurodivergent character that doesn’t ring quite true to me.
Not only is this more polite, Miss Manners assures you, but if you are truly an expert in any given field, waiting it out ...
Gentle Reader: As etiquette prohibits you from snatching a gift back out of the recipient’s hands, Miss Manners recommends ...
A reader gets annoyed when the younger, new boyfriend called her a “cougar” in public. Plus, how to answer condescending, ...
She's always so accommodating when her friend comes for a visit. But when the tables were turned, she came off snobby.
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a family member who has done well for herself. She and her partner are in their early 50s and never had kids. They have a massive oceanfront home and travel extensively ...
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 ...
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 ...