Miss Manners suggests a compromise, but only for your more intimate friends: Ask one or two of them to keep you company while ...
She plans to bring her annoying poodle to dinner and the opera. Her friends want to bow out. Dear Miss Manners: My husband ...
Now that we know the dog is going, we want to bow out of the engagement but would prefer to do it in the least hurtful way.
DEAR MISS MANNERS: In my grandparents’ home, no food was allowed to go to waste. After a meal, if there was any food left on ...
Is it okay that this friend group has a tradition of paying for their own meals and covering the check for a friend whose ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a number of friends I regularly meet for meals out, as well as for friends’ birthdays. We’ve been ...
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I am hesitant to just share the news with no lead-in, since one friend was somewhat taken aback when I completely sprung it ...
Miss Manners suggests that you keep the friendship away from overnight visits. Unless, of course, you want to act as hosts ...
In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin is asked how to get a young couple to send a "thank you" note.
DEAR MISS MANNERS: We have been friends for many years with a married couple and their adult son. They are a very wealthy and ...