Miss Manners: What’s the most polite way to set a dinner table when one guest will not be eating any food?
We have a longtime friend, now neighbor, who cannot consume food ... they can consume very limited quantities of liquids ...
Miss Manners: How to avoid hugs during the receiving line at my wedding
Letter writer wants to avoid mishaps and doesn’t want to hug wedding guests during the receiving line. Dear Miss Manners: I ...
Miss Manners: Our friend won’t be eating. How can we make that less awkward?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: We have a longtime friend, and now neighbor, who cannot consume food orally due to extensive cancer ...
Miss Manners: Can I decline to hug people in my wedding receiving line?
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Miss Manners: Should we have a place setting at our dinner party for our friend who can’t eat?
We have a longtime friend, and now neighbor, who cannot consume food orally due to extensive cancer surgeries and treatments ...
Miss Manners: Bride-to-be hopes to dodge hugs on the wedding receiving line
Acquire a small sign saying that the facility is being cleaned, and place it in front of the entrance to the women’s restroom ...
Miss Manners: What’s the proper thing to do when you drop food on the table?
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Miss Manners: Just ask your dinner guest what they’d prefer
Dear Miss Manners: We have a longtime friend, and now neighbor, who cannot consume food orally due to extensive cancer ...
Miss Manners: Our friend is coming to our dinner party but can’t eat due to medical issues
A dinner party host wants to know the best way to handle a guest who can only eat through a feeding tube; a reader asks if ...
Miss Manners: Wondering what they’d prefer? Just ask
DEAR MISS MANNERS: We have a longtime friend, and now neighbor, who cannot consume food orally due to extensive cancer ...
Miss Manners: What’s the best way to announce I’m coming in to clean the restroom?
Acquire a small sign saying that the facility is being cleaned, and place it in front of the entrance to the women’s restroom ...
Miss Manners: Alternative to hollering ‘housekeeping!’
I am the janitor at a truck stop. What is the best way for me (a man) to announce myself when entering the women’s restroom ...