Dear Abby: My fiancé’s daughter is having a baby and I wasn’t invited to the shower
DEAR ABBY: My fiancé’s daughter is having a baby. Her mother is helping give the shower. My fiancé and his ex have been ...
Graham and Margaret Cossins celebrate 70 years of marriage
After meeting at a blood bank in the 1950s, a Cairns couple have celebrated 70 years of marriage. Former GP Graham Cossins ...
Miss Manners: We walked out before the last song, and maybe my friends are hurt
However, if you are dead set on chastising yourself, Miss Manners will allow you to send a short note saying that you enjoyed ...
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 ...
Miss Manners: Feeling guilty for leaving a friend’s concert early
A couple attended a friend’s concert at a local restaurant and made their exit right before the band played their last song ...
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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 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: My husband implied my question to our guests was crude
I hosted two couples for dinner at our home that went very well. The next day, I was experiencing some stomach upset and GI ...
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Miss Manners: People who interrupt your gardening deserve a quick answer, then an about-face
GENTLE READER: While she agrees that neither pretending not to hear nor running and hiding are good solutions, Miss Manners ...
Miss Manners: Is it ok to use my umbrella if no one around me has one?
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: 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 ...
Miss Manners: Was the host right to deny pizza to latecomers?
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