Miss Manners: Invited guests, who don’t RSVP but show up anyway, cause a stir

Miss Manners hopes, however, that you will not otherwise dumb down your charming, seated dinner parties because of a few outlaws. We, the purveyors of fish knives and strawberry forks, are a dying ...
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Miss Manners: New co-workers are invading my privacy with nosy questions

Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, [email protected]; or through postal mail to Miss Manners, Andrews McMeel Syndication, 1130 ...

Miss Manners: Hostile hostel worker yelled at me for not cleaning my room well enough

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a freelance journalist who has been living, off and on, in the private room of a hostel off the beaten path. I love the place because it’s gorgeous and usually has excellent ...

Miss Manners: Here’s when it’s acceptable to send a late RSVP, or say nothing at all

Far be it from Miss Manners to suggest that any invitation go unanswered. But some items that use the form of invitations are actually ticket sales slips, and may be ignored by those not planning to ...