But if they are talking pleasantries, you may smile or laugh or add something and see if it takes. There is a good chance ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: For my 40th birthday, my sister planned a bowling party. She is very organized, and pre-entered the names of all 12 guests into the lanes (two lanes, six people at each).
When I had my hair done, the stylist and her assistant spent the entire time talking over my head. There was no way I could ...
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Rose Gray has always had a big voice. “I couldn’t control it when I was younger. I didn’t know what to do with it or where to put it,” she says over Zoom from her home in Walthamstow, London. She ...
Do we have to invite them to join us at a restaurant at some point? If so, may we try to “dilute” them by inviting others?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: Because of a chronic illness, I have to go to a clinic in an urban setting three to four times per week.
GENTLE READER: Your confidence that you are not required to reciprocate in your apartment, though technically correct, ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: A pair of neighbors hosted my wife and me for an impromptu dinner, to which we contributed a nice salad.
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