The syndicated column, “Miss Manners,” by Judith Martin, is sorely missed when not published daily, and so I am requesting that in order for us to receive needed personal as well as civil-toned ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: Could you please educate us on the difference between a living room, sitting room, drawing room, saloon, library, lounge, parlor and boudoir? GENTLE READER: These distinctions have ...
Nobody really wants to buy these things, but you always feel obligated, especially when the boss is standing right there!
In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to navigating the uncomfortable position of feeling ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: Every year, my family spends a week at the beach with my in-laws. They pay for the beach house, which is something we can’t afford and for which I am always properly grateful. At ...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Seven-year-old sisters Shawna and Elise Rippee walked very slowly, careful not to spill punch -- on the thick carpet or on their fancy clothes -- as they sat to nibble on ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: When I was in college, a friend’s family graciously opened their home to me for a couple of months while I worked a summer job near their home, which was an hour from my family’s. I ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: When I’m talking to someone who represents a company, I sometimes say something like, “This is the fourth time I have called you.” The representative nearly always replies with, ...
Dear Miss Manners • Next semester I will be abroad, living with a host family. There are some guidelines set up, like we cannot break things and must respect the curfew if our family sets one. But ...
For the restaurant, the ongoing project is about acting on one of its core company values: social responsibility. And Williamson hopes more schools will take Brennan's up on its offer of the free ...