Miss Manners: Private chef keeps getting distracted by clients
A parent wants to help their private chef daughter find a way to tune out distracting clients while she cooks.
Miss Manners: Was it rude to walk around injured professor, rather than stop to offer more help?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was walking in the humanities building of the university where I am a graduate student. I turned the ...
Miss Manners: My husband’s female co-worker bought him an expensive gift
In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a wife who is bothered by their husband receiving ...
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Miss Manners: Former colleague's gifts in a time of need have now turned into a burden
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My wife has a terminal illness and has been undergoing treatment for several months. Many of her close friends have been very generous with meals, cards and flowers, for which ...
Cleveland.com27d
Miss Manners: I'm tired of tipping -- and can't afford it anymore
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’ve always tipped restaurant servers, hairdressers, pizza delivery drivers and manicurists, of course, understanding that most of these positions do not pay very well and the ...
Miss Manners: How should 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 ...
The Washington Post24d
Miss Manners: Tourists chastised to remain quiet during filming
Dear Miss Manners: I participated in a vintage train excursion. At several points in the journey, the engineer stopped the train so that people could disembark to take photos and videos.
NJ.com27d
Miss Manners: My wife is ill and we’re grateful for food and gifts we get, but it’s becoming too much
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My wife has a terminal illness and has been undergoing treatment for several months. Many of her close friends have been very generous with meals, cards and flowers, for which ...
Penn Live17d
Miss Manners: Do I really want to know why my husband is out of the “in” crowd?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have achieved a small degree of social and political success in my community. Unfortunately, that is not the case for my husband. He is a wonderful spouse and does not cheat ...
al.com27d
Miss Manners: My friend keeps ditching me for better plans
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have twice invited a friend to parties after asking if the dates were open for her, and she accepted each time. About a week before each party, she said that she was going to ...
Miss Manners: Dealing with family who always have better solutions to your problems
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was dining solo, and a family with two small children was seated in my section. One toddler decided to treat the restaurant to prolonged, high-pitched shrieks. I didn’t want to ...
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Miss Manners: I don’t know what to do about my boyfriend’s 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 little over three years, and when he does follow through with plans ...