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Miss Manners: How do I keep co-workers I barely know from inviting themselves over to my new house?
They're only working at this place temporarily and have never socialized with these people. Why do they want to see their new ...
Miss Manners: Neighbor has a legal right to park on the street, even if it blocks your view
GENTLE READER: In addition to unwritten, the rule is possibly unknown to this neighbor. Miss Manners trusts that you don’t ...
Miss Manners: I never want to hear my younger boyfriend call me a ‘cougar’ again
A reader gets annoyed when the younger, new boyfriend called her a “cougar” in public. Plus, how to answer condescending, ...
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Miss Manners: Years later, I'm wondering what I could have said
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband is the assistant manager at a restaurant, and I am a stay-at-home mom for medical reasons. We get no government assistance. About 17 years ago, my parents bought us a ...
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Miss Manners: Manners should come before efficiency - The Spokesman-Review
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was watching a soap opera and one of the characters, a very proper lady, answered her granddaughter’s question with food in her mouth. She did tuck the food into her cheek ...