I respond in a cordial, or at least a civil, way to friends and neighbors who ask me questions about my garden while I am ...

If I open my umbrella, then the rain that hits it falls onto the people next to me, most of whom do not have umbrellas.

I attended a children’s birthday party at a well-known pizza place where tables are reserved for a few hours and the children ...

A letter writer was invited to attend a college football game at a VIP box where the university’s president kept making ...

The guest at a college football game was insulted by a bigwig’s snobby comments; a reader is annoyed when she’s served a ...

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DEAR MISS MANNERS: I attended a children’s birthday party at a well-known pizza place where tables are reserved for a few ...

At the game, the president asked me what college I had attended, then gave me a condescending stare when I named the school.

If the children are of an age to understand, one can take satisfaction in explaining the lesson in the car on the way home – ...

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For people, such an occasion might be a ladies’ spa day, where the husband would not be invited. In the case of flatware, the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I go by a shortened version of my first name because I feel it suits me better than my full name. Even my parents started using the shortened name when I was a child ...