She's concerned with how the cards are addressed. Miss Manners is concerned with maintaining a business-like relationship.

GENTLE READER: Deliberately ignoring someone who is speaking to you is a high insult, one that is tantamount to severing relations. For that very reason, it is not something you should strain to see ...

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I am a teetotaler. My husband and most of our friends are avid connoisseurs of wine and spirits. Related Articles. Miss ...

Gentle Reader: Curiously, the alcohol is clouding everyone’s judgment in this case — even yours, and you are not partaking.

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GENTLE READER: Memorize this phrase and repeat it after every brag: “How nice FOR you.” For some reason, Miss Manners finds ...

The wife shut me down immediately with something along the lines of, “I’d rather listen to what the men are talking about.” ...

Miss Manners suggests you use your charm to comment favorably when your colleagues do especially good work. DEAR MISS MANNERS ...

"Obviously, eating before the performance is an option, but dining quickly in a Paris restaurant is easier said than done." ...