DEAR MISS MANNERS: My wonderful partner and I will soon be attending his son’s wedding. This will be the first time he’ll see a lot of his former in-laws and friends since the divorce a few ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: Too often, waiters interrupt conversations between restaurant customers. While I understand that restaurants are not the place to have private or intimate discussions ...
Dear Miss Manners: I participated in a vintage train excursion. At several points in the journey, the engineer stopped the train so that people could disembark to take photos and videos.
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was picking up food at a restaurant when a young lady approached the counter to retrieve her order. She was wearing a lovely white dress. Unfortunately, her bright ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a young adult who bought a home in one of the highest-cost resort areas of the country — a purchase that strains me financially, but is well worth it. While I love my ...
Dear Miss Manners: Are there polite ways to refuse to participate in a video chat when someone tries to pass a cellphone to you? My brother-in-law and his wife are extremely involved in their ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a young adult who bought a home in one of the highest-cost resort areas of the country -- a purchase that strains me financially, but is well worth it. While I love my ...
Nowadays, it seems like parents don't want to teach their kids good manners anymore. When you go to a restaurant, it's not uncommon to see a child on their iPad or disrespecting their parents.
While advocating for change and stepping away from societal norms, younger generations are now acutely focused on ditching traditional expectations, including old-school signs of good manners that ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: A close friend planned to throw a party themed around a pop-culture phenomenon she is passionate about, but that I have no interest in (and actually quite dislike). I initially ...
“This is known by some scholars as anticipatory obedience. The idea that some people obey in advance to curry favor with aspiring authoritarians.” “Certainly many liberal critics of Trump ...