Miss Manners: A virtual stranger disrupted my bowling party, and nobody knew what to do
DEAR MISS MANNERS: For my 40th birthday, my sister planned a bowling party. She is very organized, and pre-entered the names of all 12 guests into the lanes (two lanes, six people at each).
Miss Manners: I was shoved aside at my own birthday bowling bash
DEAR MISS MANNERS: For my 40th birthday, my sister planned a bowling party. She is very organized, and pre-entered the names ...
Miss Manners: How to handle a new guest who overtakes your birthday bowling game
DEAR MISS MANNERS: For my 40th birthday, my sister planned a bowling party. She is very organized, and pre-entered the names ...
Miss Manners: Dad's bully girlfriend bogarts the bowling lanes. How can we stop her next time?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: For my 40th birthday, my sister planned a bowling party. She is very organized, and pre-entered the names of all 12 guests into the lanes (two lanes, six people at each).
Miss Manners: How to handle feeling left out in a beauty salon conversation
GENTLE READER: Funny. Miss Manners is more accustomed to being asked how to stay out of beauty salon conversations, not how ...
Miss Manners: How does one politely and gently deal with being erased?
When I had my hair done, the stylist and her assistant spent the entire time talking over my head. There was no way I could ...
The Washington Post2d
Miss Manners: Friend is bringing poodle to dinner and opera. Can we bow out?
Dear Miss Manners: My husband and I, along with a friend, pre-purchased hard-to-get opera tickets. We’ve looked forward to attending for many months. However, we just learned that our companion ...
Miss Manners: I feel invisible when my hairstylist ignores me
But if they are talking pleasantries, you may smile or laugh or add something and see if it takes. There is a good chance ...
Miss Manners: Thanks for dinner, but ... let’s not do this again
Do we have to invite them to join us at a restaurant at some point? If so, may we try to “dilute” them by inviting others?
Sun Sentinel3d
Miss Manners: How do I tell my friend that her new charity is for a cause I won’t support?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a good friend who is the polar opposite of me on politics, religion and almost every other subject. We are cognizant of these differences, and refrain from debate or ...
Oregonian3d
Miss Manners: How do I tell my friend I won’t donate to the nonprofit she’s started?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a good friend who is the polar opposite of me on politics, religion and almost every other subject. We are cognizant of these differences, and refrain from debate or ...
Alaska Dispatch News28d
Miss Manners: When is it OK for someone to be on their phone at a family get-together?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: Fifteen minutes after arriving at an informal family get-together at someone’s home, a relative took a phone call. She stepped out of the room where everyone was gathered and ...