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Miss Manners says this to encourage you to pay greater attention to your parents’ plans in the future, in case you missed an ...
GENTLE READER: The correct form is, “We respectfully ask (or decline),” which Miss Manners would normally agree is silly, ...
In some cases, the friend in question actually carries more than platonic feelings for you. In others, it’s more of a big-brother vibe, where he simply doesn’t want to see you get hurt. Either way, he ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: One of the highlights of our trip to Paris was an opera performance at the Palais Garnier. The opera, ...
One of the mothers texted me separately not to include her in a text chain with people she does not know, and then exited the ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: Many of my soon-to-be in-laws are upset that we don’t have a wedding registry, and also that they don’t have my phone number to complain.
DEAR MISS MANNERS: Many of my soon-to-be in-laws are upset that we don’t have a wedding registry, and also that they don’t have my phone number to complain. Nobody bothers my fiance, but his ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: Many of my soon-to-be in-laws are upset that we don’t have a wedding registry, and also that they don’t ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: Should a daughter spend Father’s Day with her husband or her father? I haven’t seen my daughter on Father’s Day since she got married 18 years ago. Her husband demands to ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: As a frequent tourist, I take lots of photos wherever I go. I try not to be intrusive, but it isn’t feasible to ask permission of anonymous people in public spaces, and U.S ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: As a frequent tourist, I take lots of photos wherever I go. I try not to be intrusive, but it isn’t feasible to ask permission of anonymous people in public spaces, and U.S ...