Miss Manners: What to say to pedestrians not sharing the sidewalk properly
Dear Miss Manners: When walking or biking on a sidewalk or a trail, I often encounter three individuals walking or riding ...
Miss Manners: Whom do I thank for my late friend’s monetary bequest?
Dear Miss Manners: If we renewed the lovely fashion of wearing gloves, people wouldn’t have to fear catching germs from ...
Miss Manners: Is there a nice way to say ‘I already knew about that’?
Sometimes people enthusiastically tell me something they think I don’t know, particularly about my areas of expertise. Saying ...
Miss Manners: What the movies always get wrong about gloves
GENTLE READER: You do your late friend no honor by snubbing her children, at least one of whom she trusted enough to name as ...
Miss Manners: Sister’s kindness during surgery has evolved into something unbearable
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was hospitalized for 17 days due to complications from a cancer-related surgery. During that time, my ...
Miss Manners: What do you say to someone who lectures you on a subject on which you’re already well versed?
You listen politely and take it from there -- elaborating on the subject, skipping the responses you have tried in the past.
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Miss Manners: People keep asking me when my baby is due and I’m not pregnant
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I carry all of my weight in my belly. Since I’ve been 18, I’ve had to deal with people asking when I’m due ...
Miss Manners: I tipped $1 for my to-go coffee and got a glare of death
A coffee drinker triggers an angry glare after tipping $1 for a to-go cup of Joe; a reader thinks it’s bad etiquette to ...