DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a book club meeting at our library, the conversation got slightly off topic for a short period of time. One of the participants said, loudly, “For ...

Advice; Miss Manners: I loaned a book to friends that was never returned. What should I have said when I saw it on their shelf? Published: ; Jul. 01, 2024, 9:13 a.m.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My wife and I had a houseguest for a few days, and we fell into discussing some books that I have. She, the guest, expressed interest in borrowing one, but I declined.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a book club meeting at our library, the conversation got slightly off topic for a short period of time. One of the participants said, loudly, “For ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Over the years, my husband and I have collected a nice variety of books, which we keep in several large bookcases in our small living room. I refer to some of them regularly, as ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a book club meeting at our local library, the conversation got slightly off topic for a short period of time. One of the participants said, loudly, “For ...

Miss Manners agrees that you chose a tactful way to spare them the embarrassment of being caught as thieves. But you don’t seriously think that they intended to steal your book, do you?

Miss Manners agrees that you chose a tactful way to spare them the embarrassment of being caught as thieves. But you don’t seriously think that they intended to steal your book, do you?

Dear Miss Manners: A very long time ago, my husband and I were invited to dinner at a restaurant by a colleague of his. I had ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a book club meeting at our local library, the conversation got slightly off topic for a short period of time. One of the participants said, loudly, “For (expletive’s ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a book club meeting at our library, the conversation got slightly off topic for a short period of time. One of the participants said, loudly, “For (expletive’s) sake ...