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 ...

Miss Manners feels reasonably certain that if you execute that last part successfully, most people will acquiesce. If you ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to politely declining photo help from strangers.

Miss Manners feels reasonably certain that if you execute that last part successfully, most people will acquiesce. If you want to tailor it to different generations for maximum effect, you might ...

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 waiting in line to pay for our purchases at a local shop in our small town ...

I understand they come from a place of wanting to help. But should I have to explain why we don’t need their assistance?

Miss Manners feels reasonably certain that if you execute that last part successfully, most people will acquiesce. If you want to tailor it to different generations for maximum effect, you might ...

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Dear Eric: My sister and brother-in-law live a couple of hours away. My wife and I get along with them though we are not ...

I have not discussed any of this with my wife. If I did and she brought it up with her daughter the reaction would be for the ...

I am wondering if it would be crass or in poor taste to give a new widow a thoughtful sympathy card with money in it, rather than sending flowers. A dear friend just became widowed in her late 40s ...

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