Cousin and his wife always check facts on their phones during conversations with the letter writer. Dear Miss Manners: A cousin and his wife, who are close to me, have an annoying habit of ...

As falls from grace go, it's been pretty dizzying - a plunge during which he's forfeited a beautiful house in Ireland, a ...

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. Months later, I was opening a Christmas gift ...

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.

To be clear, Miss Manners has never liked sending money as a present. But the thought of a young child who has been used to receiving a check in her card, shaking it up and down and wondering if she ...

To be clear, Miss Manners has never liked sending money as a present. But the thought of a young child who has been used to ...

Especially when there’s money in them, and especially when the gift goes to their children. I wouldn’t want them to be uncomfortable or embarrassed.

To be clear, Miss Manners has never liked sending money as a present. But the thought of a young child who has been used to ...

Miss Manners needs some clarification on the mechanics of this. She is presuming that the casket was not closed at the ...

Dear Miss Manners: When my mother passed away some years ago, my brother and his wife placed a stuffed black cat toy in her ...

Brother had placed a stuffed animal in their mother’s casket and then somehow gave it to the letter writer for Christmas.

I do not post on social media. I do not want my life, in words nor photos, posted. I get looks like I’m from another planet.