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 ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a book club meeting at our library, the conversation got slightly off topic for a short period of time. One of the participants said, loudly, “For ...

Advice; Miss Manners: I loaned a book to friends that was never returned. What should I have said when I saw it on their shelf? Published: ; Jul. 01, 2024, 9:13 a.m.

That would indeed stretch the food. But assuming they are separate: ...

Miss Manners agrees that you chose a tactful way to spare them the embarrassment of being caught as thieves. But you don’t seriously think that they intended to steal your book, do you?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Over the years, my husband and I have collected a nice variety of books, which we keep in several large bookcases in our small living room. I refer to some of them regularly, as ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A family member has self-published a memoir of their life as an e-book.Although we are not close and live in different cities, we do enjoy chatting and catching up by phone from ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a book club meeting at our local library, the conversation got slightly off topic for a short period of time. One of the participants said, loudly, “For ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a book club meeting at our library, the conversation got slightly off topic for a short period of time. One of the participants said, loudly, “For ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a book club meeting at our library, the conversation got slightly off topic for a short period of time. One of the participants said, loudly, “For (expletive’s) sake ...