DEAR MISS MANNERS: I frequently attend team lunches and dinners with my immediate department members, both supervisors and associates. These dining experiences are mostly personal affairs and come ...

Life as a journey; life as a quest; life as a purpose; life as… life? We have different ways of trying to make sense of what passing through time means—this doing-what-we-do within this box of years.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: One of my friends endlessly plays with the food she does not want to eat, without ever signaling by the position of her cutlery that she has finished. So all of her fellow diners ...

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DEAR MISS MANNERS: A friend of ours constantly passes his cellphone around our dinner table to share photos. My husband is immunocompromised, and so we are careful of germ exposure. We don’t want to ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Several years ago, a divorced woman exactly my age moved in next door. I liked her very much and tried to become friends with her. Although she was chatty enough outside the house, ...

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DEAR MISS MANNERS: I received a cancer diagnosis two months ago. Initially, I was quite open in discussing it with others when warranted -- for example, explaining to co-workers why I would be out on ...

The Game Awards will be upon us soon, with the winners chosen by a mix of expert judges and fans. A large voting jury made up of game critics and media decides 90% of the results. The remaining 10% ...

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