DEAR MISS MANNERS: I had a quick cough, just a tickle. Do I have to apologize to the people around me? I didn’t do it ...

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GENTLE READER: Memorize this phrase and repeat it after every brag: “How nice FOR you.” For some reason, Miss Manners finds ...

The wife shut me down immediately with something along the lines of, “I’d rather listen to what the men are talking about.” ...

I should have gotten over this by now, but I fantasize about having left the table in some way. What should I have done? I ...

Dear Miss Manners: A very long time ago, my husband and I were invited to dinner at a restaurant by a colleague of his. I had ...