Eventually, the conversation becomes more animated than I can keep up with, as voices get a bit louder and arguments a little ...

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DEAR MISS MANNERS: Many of my soon-to-be in-laws are upset that we don’t have a wedding registry, and also that they don’t ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a teetotaler. My husband and most of our friends are avid connoisseurs of wine and spirits. Normally, ...

Host who doesn’t drink wants to start cleaning up when husband and guests start getting drunk during dinner parties.

The solution is to manage the time, as well as the quantity of alcohol consumed. After all, you did not keep serving the pot ...

Dear Miss Manners: I’m an adult with physical and emotional disabilities, and I live with my caregiver. I have an older friend who is a very sweet person with good intentions, but I feel like she ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a teetotaler. My husband and most of our friends are avid connoisseurs of wine and spirits. Normally, this is not a problem, as I can politely excuse myself from any events ...

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

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to if a teetotaler host can leave when the party ...

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DEAR MISS MANNERS: I remember growing up, when we had visitors who were new to our house, my mother would give them the “grand tour.” I now do that with all of my first-time visitors. I have ...