Miss Manners: My sister accused me of stealing her expensive socks ... and she posted about it online

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My sister loves socks and only buys expensive ones. I was visiting her recently, and a favorite pair (gray ...
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Miss Manners: My sister publicly accused me of stealing something ridiculous

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My sister loves socks and only buys expensive ones. I was visiting her recently, and a favorite pair (gray ...

Asking Eric: It’s his mistake. Why should I pay a ‘discounted’ price for him to fix it?

Dear Eric: I just can’t come to grips with the new etiquette where you send a direct question or comment to someone (texts ...

Miss Manners: She posted online that I stole her socks. Should I post a denial?

Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, [email protected]; ...
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Working on Thanksgiving

She has no family in town, so I’ m thinking about asking her to work on Thanksgiving by serving us and cleaning up at the family dinner. I’ m not sure the family would like to have a stranger at the ...

Miss Manners: My sister accused me of stealing her socks. Should I publicly deny her accusation?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My sister loves socks and only buys expensive ones. I was visiting her recently, and a favorite pair (gray ...

Miss Manners: She posted online that I stole her socks. What do I do now?

When I was leaving and she was embracing me goodbye, she whispered, “I know you took my socks. There was nobody here but me and you, and they vanished.” I assured her again I did not take her socks. I ...

Dear Miss Manners: Can my cleaning woman join in on Thanksgiving?

Dear Miss Manners: I have hired a cleaning woman, and she needs money to save for a newer automobile. She has no family in ...

Miss Manners: How to treat cleaning woman working on Thanksgiving

Dear Miss Manners: I have hired a cleaning woman, and she needs money to save for a newer automobile. She has no family in ...

Miss Manners: At a dinner, I saw someone use the tablecloth as a napkin.

Dear Miss Manners: At a dinner event I attended at a hotel, the tables were 10-foot rounds with tablecloths that went to the ...

Dear Miss Manners: There’s a question in my tea party treatise

I lifted pastry to lips using my fingers and held each successively smaller remainder until all was consumed.” ...

Alexandria woman teaches children that good manners make a good impression

Carolyn Rothermel taught two levels of “Mind Your Manners” programs, one for first- and second-graders and another for third-, fourth- and fifth-graders.