In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to whether you should feel slighted when your birthday "gift" is an incomplete dessert.

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The hilarious and food-loving Raphael Gomes faces his most personal cake challenge yet by ordering 3D replicas of his own face from bakers at opposite ends of the rating scale. The other reason ...

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DEAR MISS MANNERS: I took a friend to lunch. She looked at her watch at least 20 times during the meal. This made me nervous, like we were supposed to hurry up. I finally realized her watch was ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I find the common out-of-office message, “I will respond to your inquiries at my earliest convenience,” extremely inappropriate. Really, “at your earliest convenience”? I recommend ...

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DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was at a coffeehouse in my neighborhood on a Saturday morning when my congressional representative took a seat two tables over. I had seen him there before, but refrained from ...

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DEAR MISS MANNERS: My boyfriend and I have just started planning our wedding and asking our dearest friends to participate. Miss Manners: My child was a bad friend, and I don’t know how to approach ...