Hosts aren’t the only ones who need manners
Dear Miss Manners: I am old enough to recall when guests came first. Drop-ins might have been unexpected, but never unwanted or unwelcome. The family made accommodations as if they...
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Guest wants to bring food, not cash, to holiday feast
Dear Miss Manners: Last year, I asked my husband's sister, who was hosting the family Thanksgiving dinner, what I could bring. She insisted that it was easier for her to...
Dealing with invitations that may come with a price tag
Dear Miss Manners: I received an invitation to a brunch baby shower at the swankiest restaurant in the city. The invitation does not indicate that the hostess intends for guests...
Yoga teacher begins class bent out of shape
Dear Miss Manners: I have been going to the same yoga teacher for several years. She is wonderful, and we have become friends. Recently she lost her mother, and she...
Courtesy comes first, even in airport security lines
Dear Miss Manners: I know it is generally wrong to cut in front of another person in line. But in airport security lines, I sometimes see people fumbling around, getting...
Miss Manners: Handling a greedy bride
Dear Miss Manners: A friend from work had a "destination" wedding in Las Vegas. Because of the cost of traveling to another state, hotel stay and the fact that it...
Here comes the bride,
Dear Miss Manners: A friend from work had a "destination" wedding in Las Vegas. Because of the cost of traveling to another state, hotel stay and the fact that it...
Miss Manners: Thanks go straight to the top
DEAR MISS MANNERS -- I am a student veteran, and I had been dealing with a particular government agency for several months, to no avail, in receiving certain education benefits...
Miss Manners: Thanks go straight to the top
DEAR MISS MANNERS -- I am a student veteran, and I had been dealing with a particular government agency for several months, to no avail, in receiving certain education benefits...
Miss Manners on car speakerphone
Dear Miss Manners: Is it proper to use a speakerphone when there are other people in the room or car? My husband has a hands-free phone system in his car....