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Advice | Miss Manners: Black tie wedding was full of sport jackets and khakis
Washington Post· 2 days agoDear Miss Manners: I received an invitation to the wedding of a colleague’s child. My husband...
Advice | Miss Manners: Guests keep dropping hair on my carpet
Washington Post· 3 days agoDear Miss Manners: Some of my (grown-up) family members will pluck loose hairs off their shoulders...
Dear Abby: I’m still upset my siblings wouldn’t attend my husband’s memorial
The Patriot-News· 1 day agoDEAR ABBY: My husband passed away from COVID in 2021. A year later, after it was safe to socialize, I had a memorial dinner to commemorate him. Not one of my seven local siblings ...
Miss Manners: Must I put clean sheets on the guest room bed for every overnight visitor?
NJ.com· 3 days agoDEAR MISS MANNERS: We are empty-nesters who always seem to have a guest stopping by for a night....
Miss Manners: Parents wonder whether daughter should have sent them ‘thank you’ notes after...
NJ.com· 4 days agoDEAR MISS MANNERS: I was wondering if my daughter should have sent thank-you cards to my wife and...
Miss Manners: My wife is miffed our kid didn’t send us a thank-you letter
The Patriot-News· 4 days agoDEAR MISS MANNERS: I was wondering if my daughter should have sent thank-you cards to my wife and...
Miss Manners: My neighbor borrowed pure vanilla extract and had the nerve to return the imitation...
NJ.com· 6 days agoDEAR MISS MANNERS: My neighbor needed vanilla extract for a recipe and asked if I had any. The...
Miss Manners: I gave an elderly gentleman help even though he said he didn’t need it ... was I...
NJ.com· 2 days agoDEAR MISS MANNERS: When my husband and I were waiting for our order inside a fast-food...
Dear Annie: Blindsided by awkward boat trip with fiance’s best friend
The Patriot-News· 4 hours agoDear Annie: I wanted to write in with a mindset shift that I have had over the past couple of years....
Miss Manners: Do I really need to change the sheets for family guests?
The Patriot-News· 3 days agoDEAR MISS MANNERS: We are empty-nesters who always seem to have a guest stopping by for a night. Is...