Miss Manners: ‘I’ll have to get back to you’ may mean you lose out on an invitation
I invited a friend to a concert more than a month ahead of the performance. She said she'd have to get back to me. Two weeks ...
Miss Manners: Was I wrong to ask a man to remove his baseball cap at the theater?
I asked a man sitting in front of me at a college musical to remove his distracting baseball cap, which he did. My wife later ...
Miss Manners: I invited a friend to a concert - she never replied. Do I tell her my son is going instead?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I invited my best friend to a concert more than a month ahead of the performance. She said she would have ...
Miss Manners: I asked a student to take off his hat at a play, but my wife says I’m an antique
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Miss Manners: Uninvited vegan guest judged my refrigerator contents
An uninvited, vegan plus 1 showed up to the letter writer’s dinner party and promptly criticized all the food. Dear Miss ...
Miss Manners: I like to give gifts, but never receive a ‘thank you’
In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to someone who is questioning their own generosity ...
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Miss Manners: My uncle faces a ban from the wedding over jokes he now denies making
DEAR MISS MANNERS: Some years ago, my uncle, having never met my then-boyfriend, made a series of racist jokes about him.
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Miss Manners: Why does the staff at my kids’ pediatrician office call me Mom?
Dear Miss Manners: When I take my sons to the pediatrician or call to make an appointment, the receptionist or nurse ...
Miss Manners: I walked past a professor lying in the hallway. Was that rude of me?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was walking in the humanities building of the university where I am a graduate student. I turned the ...
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Miss Manners: Why is there a vegan in my house judging my cheese?
GENTLE READER: Decent people do not, as you said, admonish people directly. Nor do they go looking for trouble. If the ...
Miss Manners: Friend brought uninvited guest to dinner who did nothing but criticize my food
GENTLE READER: Other than your having a clear affinity for dairy products, Miss Manners sees nothing wrong with your shopping ...