Miss Manners: Friend's offer of free baby clothes comes with more and more strings attached
My friend began offering me these clothes before I’d even had my baby; I initially refused, multiple times, because I was sure that we would have a boy. She dropped them off anyway, without asking, and said,
GENTLE READER: Unforgivably? As in, so bad as to never be excused, ever? Miss Manners agrees there is an indelicacy to ...
Dear Miss Manners: At a dinner party at our home, my husband left the table momentarily, and a guest picked up his mug of ...
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Banks do it, call centers do it, salespeople do it. I appreciate being called “Mr. Smith” instead of just “Bob,” but it ...
However well-meaning this family is, Miss Manners can understand that it creates a nuisance for your daughter, who is trying ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is it proper for company employees to address customers by their given names? Banks do it, call ...
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DEAR MISS MANNERS: My friends, all gainfully employed adults, will often invite a group out to dinner or drinks to ...
My husband and I have a great relationship with our ex-son-in-law. He is coming to visit us with his girlfriend ... we like ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is it proper for company employees to address customers by their given names? Banks do it, call centers do ...
GENTLE READER: Decent people do not, as you said, admonish people directly. Nor do they go looking for trouble. If the ...
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