If absolutely stuck next to them, you could open your umbrella just enough to make a small tent over your head, in which case ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

GENTLE READER: Are you hoping that Miss Manners will say it is fine that your umbrella is channeling additional water onto ...

If absolutely stuck next to them, you could open your umbrella just enough to make a small tent over your head, in which case ...

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 ...

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

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am 21 years old, and I have worked in assorted venues of customer service since I was 17. I am currently employed at a bank, and frequently a customer will ask a question to ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is there a polite way to deal with those relatives who constantly tease you, make fun of you and remind you of the stupid, mean things you did when you were young? Naturally ...