Miss Manners, Mom
Miss Manners: I wish my child’s pediatrician, staff would use my name rather than just call me ‘Mom’
DEAR MISS MANNERS: When I take my sons to the pediatrician or call to make an appointment, the receptionist or nurse always calls me Mom. I give them my name, but they never use it, and continue to call me Mom. I love being a mom, don’t get me wrong. And I love my sons. But this drives me bananas. I’m not these people’s mom!
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 ... But there’s something about it that feels a little condescending, like I’m not a separate person from my children. “Which mother? I’m Mrs. Starwood.” (Or “Dr. Starwood ...
Miss Manners: Stop calling me ‘Mom’
DEAR MISS MANNERS: When I take my sons to the pediatrician or call to make an appointment, the receptionist or nurse always calls me Mom. I give them my name, but they never use it, and continue to call me Mom. I love being a mom, don’t get me wrong. And I love my sons. But this drives me bananas. I’m not these people’s mom!
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 ...
In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to someone who is unsure how to properly eat oysters.
Slippery little cusses that they are (the oysters, not your fellow diners), they can be speared with that tiny fork that ...
Slippery little cusses that they are (the oysters, not your fellow diners), they can be speared with that tiny fork that ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: Throughout our 54 years together, my husband and I have lived in, and traveled to, many countries, both ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: Please tell me the correct way to eat oysters. GENTLE READER: Do not believe those who advise you to ...
Slippery little cusses that they are (the oysters, not your fellow diners), they can be speared with that tiny fork that ...
GENTLE READER: Techniques for changing the subject of a conversation rely on a combination of surprise and persistence, Miss ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I don’t know what to do about my boyfriend’s habit of always canceling plans. We have been together ...
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