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....
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Having babies not an Olympic competition
DEAR MISS MANNERS -- My 16-year-old cousin recently had a baby. Although I think she is still too young to have children, I keep my opinions to myself, and am...
Having babies not an Olympic competition
DEAR MISS MANNERS -- My 16-year-old cousin recently had a baby. Although I think she is still too young to have children, I keep my opinions to myself, and am...
Rude protesters run the risk of sabotaging their own causes
Dear Miss Manners: At the risk of sounding political, and that is the furthest thing I wish to do -- is protest mutually exclusive from etiquette? This dilemma has come...
Hosts emphasize ‘home’ in home-cooked meals
Dear Miss Manners: We have dinner parties and barbecues at our home. We usually cook most of the food, and we have several friends who offer to bring dishes. Recently,...
Stylist’s request for hair donation a reason to cut ties
Dear Miss Manners: There is a charity that accepts donated hair and makes it into wigs for children with cancer. I know this because I have waist-length hair, and people...
Reader doesn’t want thanks to be baa-baa humbug
Dear Miss Manners: We have received a gift from friends that was actually a gift of a goat to a family in another country in need of sustenance. I was...
Few opportunities to wear tiara on trip
Dear Miss Manners: We are taking a vacation to England this fall, and I have a tiara I wore with my prom dress. What places can I wear it out...
Next time you defend your food, do it with less bite
Dear Miss Manners: Do you have any suggestions on how to announce to friends to stop taking tastes of my food and/or beverage? One friend happily took her straw out...
Family’s squawls clouding the issue of baby shower
Dear Miss Manners: My husband's unwed 21-year-old sister purposely got pregnant. She lives with her boyfriend, who is 21 and unemployed, and she is two years away from her nursing...