Miss Manners: ‘I’ll have to get back to you’ may mean you lose out on an invitation
I invited a friend to a concert more than a month ahead of the performance. She said she'd have to get back to me. Two weeks ...
Miss Manners: My wife said I embarrassed her when I asked someone in a theater to remove his hat
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Miss Manners: Was I wrong to ask a man to remove his baseball cap at the theater?
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 ...
Miss Manners: Is it acceptable to wear a hat indoors?
In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a question about when it is appropriate to wear a ...
Miss Manners: Uninvited vegan guest judged my refrigerator contents
An uninvited, vegan plus 1 showed up to the letter writer’s dinner party and promptly criticized all the food. Dear Miss ...
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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 to make an appointment, the receptionist or nurse always ...
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Miss Manners: I might ban my uncle from my wedding for racist jokes he now denies making
DEAR MISS MANNERS: Some years ago, my uncle, having never met my then-boyfriend, made a series of racist jokes about him. (My boyfriend is part-Asian.) These jokes were made on my blog ...
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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 ...
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Miss Manners: How to respond when strangers comment on your looks
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I started going gray at age 14, so I’ve gotten a lot of comments about my appearance over the last 20 years -- shockingly, ALL from women. From my friends’ moms (“You’re ...
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Miss Manners: Why is there a vegan in my house judging my cheese?
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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Miss Manners: Former colleague's gifts in a time of need have now turned into a burden
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My wife has a terminal illness and has been undergoing treatment for several months. Many of her close friends have been very generous with meals, cards and flowers, for which ...
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Miss Manners: How can I tactfully ask if my old friends' parents are still with us?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I are each attending high school reunions this year. We each had classmates whose parents we were close to at the time, and we’re wondering how to phrase a ...