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Dear Miss Manners: I was on a tennis team and was eliminated during a tournament. I was supposed to play two matches: I ...
They're only working at this place temporarily and have never socialized with these people. Why do they want to see their new ...
I had no input as to how big this shower has become, and being asked -- no, told -- to pay for it strikes me as inappropriate ...
"Ms." is an abbreviation of the honorific “Mistress,” which was the respectable equivalent of “Mister,” to be used regardless ...
She immediately said, “I hate it when people say that,” and continued to complain about people always saying that.
Dear Eric: I am a middle-aged woman, who, for most of her life was the center of the social scene. I entertained in my home, ...
A reader gets annoyed when the younger, new boyfriend called her a “cougar” in public. Plus, how to answer condescending, ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a teetotaler. My husband and most of our friends are avid connoisseurs of wine and spirits. Miss ...
Miss Manners: Would it be rude to just come out and ask? Plus: I got a phone call that left me dithering outside the party.
Advice Miss Manners: Former colleague's gifts in a time of need have now turned into a burden Published: Oct. 16, 2024, 6:00 a.m.
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My wife and I disagree on appropriate dinner conversation topics. I feel it is inappropriate to discuss someone’s illness or medical procedures at dinner.