Umbrella etiquette in crowds means you have to get creative

Miss Manners: Umbrella etiquette in crowds means you have to get creative
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.
Miss Manners: Is it rude to use an umbrella when others don’t have one?
A letter writer is wondering if it’s selfish to use their umbrella in public places when others around them don’t have one to use as well?
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 interrupt her with questions.
Miss Manners: My umbrella keeps me dry while drenching the unprepared
Are you hoping that Miss Manners will say it is fine that your umbrella is channeling additional water onto the person in the seat next to you because you are only adding to the soaking that umbrella-less people deserve?
Miss Manners: Is it bad if my umbrella gets other people wet?
This time of year, it often rains in the afternoon, and so I carry an umbrella with me. However, many people do not. On occasion, it will start raining when I am in a crowd -- at the ballpark, for example,
Miss Manners: Is it ok to use my umbrella if no one around me has one?
Is it rude of me to use mine in these situations? GENTLE READER: Are you hoping that Miss Manners will say it is fine that your umbrella is channeling additional water onto the person in the seat next to you because you are only adding to the soaking that umbrella-less people deserve?
Miss Manners: Is it correct to say “we’re pregnant”?
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Miss Manners: How do I kindly tell my sister that her son’s texts to the family are annoying?
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In today's Miss Manners column, a reader struggles with the way their sister's teenage son communicates with the family.
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Miss Manners: I’m fed up with the “we’re pregnant” trend - it’s biologically inaccurate
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