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Miss Manners agrees that ultimatums with friends can be awkward, but in this case, a time limit would have been helpful. Or ...

That would indeed stretch the food. But assuming they are separate: ...

Husband’s small business sends out holiday cards to clients without including their titles.

She's concerned with how the cards are addressed. Miss Manners is concerned with maintaining a business-like relationship.

His clients are professionals between the ages of 30 and 90. I believe that most of them were raised during a time of proper ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to handling awkward social situations when your ...

Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, [email protected]; ...

I believe that the envelopes should be addressed using a title. I have been informed by my husband that omitting it is friendlier.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: One of the highlights of our trip to Paris was an opera performance at the Palais Garnier. The opera, ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband’s cousin and her husband live a few miles away from us. While their parents were fairly close when the cousins were growing up, the cousins themselves didn’t ...

GENTLE READER: “Thank you.” This is regardless of whether or not the comments are complimentary. For the ones that are not, ...