DEAR MISS MANNERS: A colleague just sent me a “friends and family” letter, months after the holidays. In itself, this is fine. I have never received a family letter from them before; we are friendly, ...
GENTLE READER: Unfortunately, your “prettier side” usually involves awkward face-to-face eye contact. Miss Manners therefore requires turning one’s back — while also showing one’s profile and ...
In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a reader who received a "friends and family" ...
My young adult daughter had plans to go out at about 7 a.m. with a friend. I was awake but in pajamas, making breakfast and ...
While having a casual dinner at my parents’ house, I noticed that my brother and his fiancee were wearing wedding bands. I ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My brother and sister-in-law invited my family of four for a dinner of corned beef and cabbage to ...
When I was growing up, it wasn’t unusual to see a woman lunching alone at a restaurant, all decked out in hat and gloves.