Miss Manners: My wife said I embarrassed her when I asked someone in a theater to remove his hat
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Miss Manners: I asked a student to take off his hat at a play, but my wife says I’m an antique
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Miss Manners: Was I wrong to ask a man to remove his baseball cap at the theater?
I asked a man sitting in front of me at a college musical to remove his distracting baseball cap, which he did. My wife later ...
Miss Manners: Was I rude to mind my business?
Dear Miss Manners: I was walking in the humanities building of the ... He even went and bought another one on his own, and it turns out each one cost over $100. There is a whole load of context here, ...
Miss Manners: I invited a friend to a concert - she never replied. Do I tell her my son is going instead?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I invited my best friend to a concert more than a month ahead of the performance. She said she would have ...
Miss Manners: My wife says I embarrassed her at the musical
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Miss Manners: Why does the staff at my kids’ pediatrician office call me Mom?
Dear Miss Manners: When I take my sons to the pediatrician or call ... Meanwhile, my 11-year-old son asked if he could attend ...
Miss Manners: How can I get the receptionist to stop calling me ‘mom’?
There’s something about it that feels a little condescending, like I’m not a separate person from my children.
Miss Manners: How to handle a relative’s racist comments years later
DEAR MISS MANNERS: Some years ago, my uncle, having never met my then-boyfriend, made a series of racist jokes about him. (My ...
Miss Manners: My husband’s female co-worker has bought him gifts of clothing and I think it’s inappropriate
DEAR MISS MANNERS: A woman my husband works with bought him five work shirts. (This is something that happens quite often ...
Miss Manners: I might ban my uncle from my wedding for racist jokes he now denies making
Years ago, my uncle made insulting, racist jokes on my blog about my then-boyfriend. Now he denies making the jokes at all, and we’re considering banning him from our wedding.
Miss Manners: How do I tell my racist uncle he won’t be giving me away when I marry my Asian fiance?
I didn’t mention the offer to my boyfriend, as marrying wasn’t on our minds then ... you have to decline his offer to act in ...