DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am lucky enough to have gardens all around my house, including along a city sidewalk. My problem is how ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Lately it has seemed that the phrases “We’re pregnant” and “They’re pregnant” have been subsumed into acceptable usage.

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.

A well-prepared reader gets chastised for opening her umbrella in a crowd; a gardener thinks it’s rude when passersby ...

On occasion, it will start raining when I am in a crowd — at the ballpark, for example, or waiting for the light to change on ...

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

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However, another group that arrived 20 minutes after the start time did include children, and they didn’t get any pizza: The ...

Lately it has seemed that the phrases“ We’ re pregnant” and“ They’ re pregnant” have been subsumed into acceptable usage. Although I’ m not a doctor, last time I checked, only women get pregnant.

A child’s birthday party turns sour when guests arrive late and their kids are denied pizza; a reader is outraged when a ...

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