Miss Manners: Don’t be ‘that’ neighbor. Ask before poaching other people’s domestic help

DEAR MISS MANNERS: We own a home in a fairly nice neighborhood where people take good care of their homes and gardens. Many ...
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Miss Manners: Do I have to ask my neighbors if I want to hire their handymen?

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 ...
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Miss Manners: Friend compared her pet to having children

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was at dinner with two friends, and one shared the terrible news that her beloved dog had been diagnosed with an aggressive cancer. The only treatment is to make the dog ...

Miss Manners: Stop comparing grief! A loss is a loss and it’s cruel to compare

One friend shared that her beloved dog had been diagnosed with cancer. In tears, she said, “This is our kid,” and the other ...

Miss Manners: My friend compared pet’s death to loss of a child. I didn’t know what to say

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was at dinner with two friends, and one shared the terrible news that her beloved dog had been diagnosed ...

Miss Manners: She referred to her dog as her kid, and I didn’t know what to say

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was at dinner with two friends, and one shared the terrible news that her beloved dog had been diagnosed ...

Miss Manners: Why are wedding receptions these days often ‘divorced’ from the ceremonies?

I have now been to three (!) weddings where I found out that the couple was already married, and just going through the ...

Miss Manners: What to call a widow after her husband’s death

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to the ongoing debate about the correct form of ...

Miss Manners: I’m told I should be nice and pretend it’s a real wedding

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have now been to three (!) weddings where I found out that the couple was already married and just going through the motions. The first was a couple who had gotten legally married ...

Miss Manners: You’re performative ‘wedding’ isn’t just unnecessary, it’s deliberately misleading

GENTLE READER: You are certainly right that people are now using the word “wedding” to refer to the party associated with the marriage ceremony, rather than -- as defined in the Oxford English ...