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 ...
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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 ...
Miss Manners: Host with an affinity for cheese is shamed by vegan guest
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Miss Manners: Uninvited vegan guest offered criticism and not much else at dinner party
DEAR MISS MANNERS: Am I the one who is in the wrong here? When I invited several friends to dinner recently, I was shamed and ...
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 ...
Miss Manners: Was I rude to mind my business?
Dear Miss Manners: I was walking in the humanities building of the university where I am a graduate student. I turned the corner of the hallway that leads to the offices and saw one of my professors ...
Miss Manners: Uncle denies making racist comments about my partner
An apology for past racist jokes would be nice, but the letter writer’s uncle won’t even admit he made them. Dear Miss ...
Miss Manners: How do I respond to rude comments about my gray hair?
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 ...
Miss Manners: I live in a resort area. I’m tired of hosting friends and family.
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 ...
Miss Manners: Boyfriend has a bad habit of always canceling plans
Dear Miss Manners: I don’t know what to do about my boyfriend’s habit of always canceling plans. We have been together for a ...
Miss Manners: Visible underwear on a stranger is none of your business
Dear Miss Manners: I was picking up food at a restaurant when a young lady approached the counter to retrieve her order. She ...
Miss Manners: Can a nonbeliever tell people to stop talking about their religion?
Dear Miss Manners: I used to be religious, many years ago, but I now identify as pagan — meaning that I believe in the powers ...