Miss Manners: This family won’t let my daughter work in peace
However well-meaning this family is, Miss Manners can understand that it creates a nuisance for your daughter, who is trying ...
Oregonian7d
Miss Manners: My husband's co-worker bought him $500 worth of work shirts. Should I be concerned?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: A woman my husband works with bought him five work shirts. (This is something that happens quite often with this co-worker.) I told him that I felt it was inappropriate ...
The Washington Post8d
Miss Manners: Uncle denies making racist comments about my partner
Dear Miss Manners: Some years ago, my uncle, having never met my then-boyfriend, made a series of racist jokes about him. (My boyfriend is part-Asian.) These jokes were made on my blog ...
NJ.com7d
Miss Manners: Was I rude to mind my own business?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was walking in the humanities building of the university where I am a graduate student. I turned the corner of the hallway that leads to the offices and saw one of my ...
NJ.com8d
Miss Manners: Is it rude to put a credit card on a table at a restaurant before the server brings the bill?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a restaurant, I laid my credit card on the table to signal we were ready to pay. My daughter said that was discourteous and I should wait for the server to bring the bill.
al.com7d
Miss Manners: I told them no gifts, but mom’s cousin won’t take no for an answer
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My father, my three siblings and I are having a surprise 80th birthday party for my mother. One of her cousins responded that they were coming, but also asked what restaurant my ...
Sun Sentinel8d
Miss Manners: I might ban my uncle from my wedding for racist jokes he now denies making
DEAR MISS MANNERS: Some years ago, my uncle, having never met my then-boyfriend, made a series of racist jokes about him. (My boyfriend is part-Asian.) These jokes were made on my blog ...
Alaska Dispatch News8d
Miss Manners: I’m tired of people who think my gray hair means I’m old
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I started going gray at age 14, so I’ve gotten a lot of comments about my appearance over the last 20 years -- shockingly, ALL from women. From my friends’ moms (“You’re ...
East Bay Times8d
Miss Manners: My uncle faces a ban from the wedding over jokes he now denies making
DEAR MISS MANNERS: Some years ago, my uncle, having never met my then-boyfriend, made a series of racist jokes about him. (My boyfriend is part-Asian.) These jokes were made on my blog ...
al.com7d
Miss Manners: I saw my injured professor lying in the hallway and just walked by
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was walking in the humanities building of the university where I am a graduate student. I turned the corner of the hallway that leads to the offices and saw one of my ...
East Bay Times7d
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 of the university where I am a graduate student. I turned the corner of the hallway that leads to the offices and saw one of my ...
Sun Sentinel7d
Miss Manners: Was I rude to walk past the professor who was laying in the hallway?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was walking in the humanities building of the university where I am a graduate student. I turned the corner of the hallway that leads to the offices and saw one of my ...