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My birthday is a few days after the new year. It’s a very easy date to miss altogether in the shadow of December and New Year ...

It seems like people give gifts with the sole purpose of being appreciated. This seems contrary to the whole idea of giving a ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to tastefully arranging a Ph.D. and four other ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I have taken our grown children, their children and friends on several nice vacations. We planned another trip to surprise them at Christmas. Miss Manners: The woman ...

GENTLE READER: It was to avoid the knives being used to attack fellow diners -- or at least to lessen that possibility.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My signature perfume is a well-known — and expensive — classic scent. For my last birthday I received not one, but two generous gifts of this perfume: one from a dear lifetime ...

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DEAR MISS MANNERS: Why is tipping expected? I was under the impression that it was up to the customer. In my state, servers are paid minimum wage, so it’s not a question of being underpaid. And why am ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I wonder if there is a proper way to greet people you never speak to, but see all the time, when you suddenly run into them in an entirely different setting. I refer to them as the ...

Yet Miss Manners agrees that the unpleasant habit of taking insult when none was intended is widespread. She admires and ...