The Washington Post1d
Miss Manners: Why does the staff at my kids’ pediatrician office call me Mom?
like I’m not a separate person from my children. “Which mother? I’m Mrs. Starwood.” (Or “Dr. Starwood,” if it applies and you ...
Miss Manners: Please stop calling me ‘mom’!
I love being a mom, don’t get me wrong. And I love my sons. But this drives me bananas. I’m not these people’s mom!
Miss Manners: I wish my child’s pediatrician, staff would use my name rather than just 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 ...
Alaska Dispatch News23h
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 ...
Alaska Dispatch News23h
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 ...
Miss Manners: Uninvited vegan guest judged my refrigerator contents
Dear Miss Manners: I am at the age where many of my friends’ children are marrying. I am always delighted to be invited to ...
Miss Manners: How can I get the receptionist to stop calling me ‘mom’?
There’s something about it that feels a little condescending, like I’m not a separate person from my children.
Miss Manners: I like to give gifts, but never receive a ‘thank you’
In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to someone who is questioning their own generosity ...
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 ...
Orlando Sentinel12d
Miss Manners: My neighbor denies Halloween candy to those she deems outsiders
Is she? GENTLE READER: More like demonstrating it. Miss Manners is guessing that these children are in your neighborhood because it is safer than theirs — in terms of foot traffic, at least.