Miss Manners suggests you try spontaneity and not overthink the situation. If you happen to make eye contact, a shy, endearing smile is fine. But if they do not return your gaze, keep it moving.

Miss Manners suggests you try spontaneity and not overthink the situation. If you happen to make eye contact, a shy, endearing smile is fine. But if they do not return your gaze, keep it moving.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I had a severe injury to a finger. It has since healed, but when I cook, I usually keep a bandage over the injury to protect the area. One night I made dinner for my husband and ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: If we renewed the lovely fashion of wearing gloves, people wouldn’t have to fear catching germs from shaking hands or appearing rude for refusing.

Oh, and slippery ones for striptease acts. P.S. It is true that gentlemen -- but not ladies -- were supposed to remove their gloves when shaking hands. But Miss Manners is hereby suspending that rule.

Oh, and slippery ones for striptease acts. P.S. It is true that gentlemen -- but not ladies -- were supposed to remove their gloves when shaking hands. But Miss Manners is hereby suspending that rule.

While pointing a finger at others can be tempting, turning it toward oneself is more gracious. Particularly, Miss Manners might add, in the perhaps unlikely event that you are actually wrong.

An infectious-disease specialist has even stated that the practice of shaking hands should be abandoned. GENTLE READER: Miss Manners generally agrees with you, but worries that the social disease ...

Advice Miss Manners: Is there a polite way to avoid shaking hands with strangers? Published: Jan. 10, 2025, 8:00 a.m. "Miss Manners" Judith Martin Courtesy Andrews McMeel Universal By Judith Martin ...

Advice Miss Manners: Is there a polite way to avoid shaking hands with strangers? Published: Jan. 10, 2025, 8:00 a.m. "Miss Manners" Judith Martin Courtesy Andrews McMeel Universal By Judith Martin ...

Advice Miss Manners: I no longer want to shake hands with anyone Published: Jan. 10, 2025, 6:02 a.m.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is there a polite way to avoid shaking hands with strangers? I was in a car dealership, and every employee I encountered extended a hand to me, expecting me to shake it. I know ...