"I'm glad my kids exist, and I love who they are, but I don't love what being a mom has done to me and my mental health." ...

I grew up around a man who thanked everyone. The cashier. The person who held the elevator. The waiter who refilled his water without being asked. Not in a performative way—no big production, no eye ...

While these two simple words might seem like basic manners your parents drilled into you, the people who use them reflexively ...

A retired teacher's grocery store encounter with a phone-distracted twenty-something reveals the growing chasm between generations over what constitutes basic courtesy—from handwritten thank-you notes ...

When we have out-of-town friends visiting our home, I usually have a lasagna ready to slip into the oven or meatballs ...

I’ve gotten that have rankled me. The first is, “Did you know you have gray hair?” and the second is, “Is there something ...

I currently say that I will, but that feels dishonest and inauthentic because I do not pray. However, I don’t want to come ...

It’s becoming more of an issue for me because I’d hoped to encourage a more adventurous palate in my own kids.

I went gray at an exceedingly young age — my mother noticed my first gray hair when I was in preschool. By the time I was in ...

Miss Manners agrees, however, that if they lack that aptitude, your hosts should at least warn you that you will be eating ...

Letter writer resents sharing meals with in-laws and their limited palates.

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