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 ...

She therefore suggests you continue the tradition until they turn 18 or 21. If it helps, virtually no one except Miss Manners ...

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.

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

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 ...

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.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I discovered what looked like a batch of pruned vines in my backyard. There is some ivy that grows on the walls shared by several of us in proximity, and it appears the neighbors ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I discovered what looked like a batch of pruned vines in my backyard. There is some ivy that grows on the walls shared by several of us in proximity, and it appears the neighbors ...

Dear Eric: My wife and our 6-year-old daughter went to the wedding of my daughter from a prior marriage. My wife and older ...