Miss Manners: I like to give gifts, but never receive a ‘thank you’
In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to someone who is questioning their own generosity ...
Miss Manners: When it comes to gift-giving, does the thought really count anymore?
I thought gift-giving was the giver’s choice. Otherwise, it feels like the recipient is just placing their order with me.
Miss Manners: Are you obligated to give a gift for an invite you didn’t expect?
(Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, [email protected]; or ...
Miss Manners: I’m upset my husband accepted inappropriate gifts from a co-worker
DEAR MISS MANNERS: A woman my husband works with bought him five work shirts. (This is something that happens quite often ...
Miss Manners: We’re reluctant send baby gifts to couples who never thanked us for wedding gifts
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am at the age where many of my friends' children are marrying. I am always delighted to be invited to ...
Miss Manners: I suspect my friend’s sibling only wants a wedding gift from me
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My wife and I are close friends with another couple. We have traveled locally, domestically and ...
Miss Manners: Uninvited vegan guest judged my refrigerator contents
An uninvited, vegan plus 1 showed up to the letter writer’s dinner party and promptly criticized all the food.
Miss Manners: I wish my child’s pediatrician, staff would use my name rather than just call me ‘Mom’
DEAR MISS MANNERS: When I take my sons to the pediatrician or call to make an appointment, the receptionist or nurse always ...
Miss Manners: Let’s be polite to our robot overlords
GENTLE READER: The phrase you want is “How nice FOR you,” with the emphasis on the “for.” Repeat as necessary. Please send ...
Miss Manners: I walked past a professor lying in the hallway. Was that rude of me?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: A woman my husband works with bought him five work shirts. This is something that happens quite often with ...
Miss Manners: Was I rude to walk past the professor who was laying in the hallway?
On the way to class, I encountered a professor laying at the bottom of some steps. He was already being attended to and I was ...
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Miss Manners: I walked past a professor lying in the hallway. Was that rude of me?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was walking in the humanities building ... I told him that I felt it was inappropriate, and that he should give them back. But he likes the shirts, and decided that rather ...