Miss Manners: Is there a good way to handle embarrassing moments, like food slipping off your plate?
GENTLE READER: With a quick flick off of the table and onto the side of your plate, where it should remain until the plate is cleared. But if no one saw and you deem the table clean enough, Miss ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am in my late 30s and childless, not by choice. I prefer to have a small circle of friends, but I have ...
I don’t want to discount her very important work of being a mother, but I also don’t want to suffer in silence.
In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a woman who feels left out when her close friend ...
Miss Manners suggests you apply this rule to your dinner parties. Tell your friend that you appreciate the input, but if they ...
Miss Manners suggests you apply this rule to your dinner parties. Tell your friend that you appreciate the input, but if they ...
A fine diner wants to know if it’s impolite to pick up a rack of lamb to chew off the last of the meat; a party host is tired ...
GENTLE READER: Although she resists making every etiquette problem into a medical question, Miss Manners is willing to make ...
The American color of mourning is black, although the code is only sporadically observed (except in cases of funerals for ...
We are holding a celebration of life for my 28-year-old son at an airplane hangar. I’m saying to “wear anything” because we ...
The American color of mourning is black, although the code is only sporadically observed (except in cases of funerals for ...
I’m saying “Wear anything!” because we want it to be about celebrating his life more than mourning his death. I plan to wear ...
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