Miss Manners: How can I broach a toilet conversation with guests?

Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, gentlereader@missmanners.com; ...

Miss Manners: Customer service? I don’t know her

Dear Miss Manners: I try to be polite and patient when dealing with so-called customer service reps; I swear I do. I’ve ...

Miss Manners: If I don’t lie about my past, the conversation quickly turns uncomfortable

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When making small talk with people I have just met, I’m often confronted with the uncomfortable choice ...
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Miss Manners: I thought it would be a kind gesture, my wife says it’s insulting

While I recognize that the gesture could have been misinterpreted, my intent would have been purely altruistic.