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Miss Manners: How to I get this one insufferable ‘friend’ to stop calling me a ‘cougar’
(Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, [email protected]; or ...
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Miss Manners: I’m annoyed at being called a ‘cougar’ during game night
I managed a weak smile that hopefully did not show my irritation, but I’d prefer to never hear this term lobbed in my ...
Miss Manners: I never want to hear my younger boyfriend call me a ‘cougar’ again
A reader gets annoyed when the younger, new boyfriend called her a “cougar” in public. Plus, how to answer condescending, ...
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Let Your Annoyance Show
About a year ago, I met the man of my dreams, and he and I are planning a future together. I have a wonderful group of friends-- we are all in our 60 s and 70 s, and get together often for fun ...
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Miss Manners: It’s OK to communicate annoyance
GENTLE READER: While it is kind of you not to want to embarrass him, he is not showing you the same respect. Miss Manners ...
Miss Manners: Beyond a weak smile, is there a way to discourage his ‘witticism’ at my expense?
Miss Manners therefore suggests that you turn that weak smile into something that does, in fact, betray your irritation, ...
Miss Manners: My partner is younger than me and I was called a ‘cougar’
In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a friend who won't stop with the 'cougar' jokes to ...
Dear Miss Manners: I just know the ‘cougar’ comments are coming
Dear Miss Manners: About a year ago, I met the man of my dreams, and he and I are planning a future together. I have a ...
Miss Manners: They threw us a housewarming party the day after we moved ... it was a lot
Miss Manners says this to encourage you to pay greater attention to your parents’ plans in the future, in case you missed an ...
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Miss Manners: We were ambushed by a housewarming party while we were still moving in
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My parents decided to throw us a housewarming party — the day after we moved our family of five into a new ...
Miss Manners: Housewarming party really couldn’t have come at a worse time, thanks
Miss Manners says this to encourage you to pay greater attention to your parents’ plans in the future, in case you missed an ...
Miss Manners: My parents threw me a housewarming party without my permission
In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to handling unwanted housewarming guests parents ...