Miss Manners: Is it rude to use an umbrella when it causes people in your orbit to get wet?
If absolutely stuck next to them, you could open your umbrella just enough to make a small tent over your head, in which case ...
Miss Manners: Gardener would rather talk to plants than neighbors
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 ...
Miss Manners: Late party guests, including kids, shut out of pizza lunch
Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, dearmissmanners@gmail.com; or ...
Miss Manners: It is rude to open an umbrella in a crowd of unprepared people?
A well-prepared reader gets chastised for opening her umbrella in a crowd; a gardener thinks it’s rude when passersby ...
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Miss Manners: Live and let live — even the ‘We’re pregnant!’ people
DEAR MISS MANNERS: Lately it has seemed that the phrases “We’re pregnant” and “They’re pregnant” have been subsumed into ...
Miss Manners: Whose responsibility are the raindrops that drip from umbrella onto someone else’s head?
If absolutely stuck next to them, you could open your umbrella just enough to make a small tent over your head, in which case it will drip only onto your own shoulders. But you would be excused for ...
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Miss Manners: I don’t like when people call me by my full name
Dear Miss Manners: I travel frequently, and I have noticed that airports are reducing the number of seats at the gates. I will arrive at the gate more than an hour before boarding, only to find ...
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Miss Manners: What do I say to someone who won’t use my nickname?
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 ...
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Miss Manners: My husband implied my question to our guests was crude
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I hosted two couples for dinner at our home that went very well. The next day, I was experiencing some stomach upset and GI issues. I am not sure if the culprit was the food I ...
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Miss Manners: My teen nephew’s texts are so annoying
Dear Miss Manners: How do I kindly tell my sister that her son’s texts to the family are annoying? He’s 14, and his texts and phone etiquette leave us scratching our heads. He doesn’t ...