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GENTLE READER: A longer-term guest is expected to do more, and Miss Manners agrees your friend fell short. But where the line ...
Miss Manners: I’m rebuked when I dare to stray from the parents’ list of approved gifts Plus: Miss Manners wishes people wouldn’t speak of ‘cancer survivors’ ...
Miss Manners: I yelled at the people on the bus. It did not feel great. The college students seem stunned when a passenger wants to exit ...
While Sailor Moon might be the most popular magical girl anime, there are plenty of other options that capture the magic of ...
Advice Miss Manners: Your colleagues are not always your friends Published: Jun. 11, 2025, 8:00 p.m.
Miss Manners: Let’s lose the cancer ‘battle’ lingo Letter writer had a tumor removed but did not need radiation or chemotherapy and wonders, “Am I a cancer survivor?” ...
Dear Miss Manners: I’ve noticed that some mature women do not change how they apply makeup as they get older, which makes their maturing features begin to look, well, clownlike.
Advice Miss Manners: If my 9-year-old chooses her birthday party guests, one little girl will be excluded Published: Jun. 19, 2025, 8:00 p.m.
Advice Miss Manners: I just found out what co-workers really think of me, and I don’t know if I can stay Published: Jun. 11, 2025, 10:30 a.m.
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My boss let me know that my co-workers have often “told on me,” reporting when I arrive back to work three minutes late from lunch or leave a few minutes early (to make sure ...
Dear Miss Manners: I remember growing up, when we had visitors who were new to our house, my mother would give them the “grand tour.” I now do that with all of my first-time visitors.
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I remember growing up, when we had visitors who were new to our house, my mother would give them the “grand tour.” I now do that with all of my first-time visitors.