Miss Manners: Putting up with ugly presents to preserve a friendship

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to handling unwanted gifts from a needy friend.

Miss Manners: The bride and groom are worth millions, but you wouldn’t know it

The niece/bride is an attorney, her husband is a social media influencer, and they are worth millions. They live in a million-dollar home. Fast-forward to our son’s wedding in 2024. It was in a town ...

Miss Manners: I have to display my friend’s tacky gifts or she gets upset

Please send your questions to Miss Manners at missmanners.com, by email to [email protected], or through postal mail ...
East Bay Times

Miss Manners: Their gift to me was grabbed out of a casket

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When my mother passed away some years ago, my brother and his wife placed a stuffed black cat toy in her casket. My mother had owned several black cats. Miss Manners: I lied about ...
Penn Live

Miss Manners: Do I need to make an excuse as to why I can’t come to someone’s party?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: While acknowledging gratitude for being invited to quite a few social events, how do I decline an invitation that I have little interest in attending? (Yes, I gladly attend special ...
East Bay Times

Miss Manners: I want to sit with the fun kids but not hurt my boring friend’s feelings

Miss Manners: I thought he was offering to pay the bill, and things got awkward Miss Manners: I lied about why I wasn’t drinking, and that just dug the hole deeper Miss Manners: Can I tell them I plan ...
Penn Live

Miss Manners: Should I tell my friends that the perfume they bought me was a knockoff?

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 ...

Miss Manners: He uses me to flirt with other women

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am female, and I have a male friend who likes to flirt with other women when we go out for dinner or other occasions. Seeing as we’re just friends, I don’t think I have any ...
Oregonian

Miss Manners: I felt snippy after friend I’d not seen in a year forgot our planned meetup

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Six weeks ago, a friend and I scheduled a meetup. We have not seen each other in person for more than a year. One day before our scheduled appointment, I texted her to ask where she ...
Alaska Dispatch News

Miss Manners: My relatives think my bride-to-be cousin is doing everything wrong

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My 30-year-old cousin is getting married, and my relatives believe she is doing everything wrong. In fact, a growing list of the bride-to-be’s “inappropriate” wedding choices has ...
Lehigh Valley Live

Miss Manners: How do I respond to people who ask about my weight-loss methods?

Miss Manners suggests you continue to acknowledge what they believe to be a compliment and stop answering when they get intrusive (or even before). Eventually the novelty of you looking fit will wear ...

Miss Manners: I thought he was going to pay for our breakfast ... he didn’t

I informed the waitress that we’d like separate, individual checks. One of the participants piped up saying that he’d like one single bill instead ...