Miss Manners finds it strange that the unnatural dyed look is the approved standard. Her dear mother, who was a teacher, observed that children believed that when ladies grew old, their hair ...
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 ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: Are there polite ways to refuse ... I have no interest in talking with these children, and they have no interest in talking with me. Furthermore, I believe the grandparents ...
Miss Manners is guessing that these children are in your neighborhood because it is safer than theirs -- in terms of foot traffic, at least. But apparently not in terms of kindness.
DEAR MISS MANNERS: Our neighbors recently went on vacation and asked our young children (7 years old and 3 years old) to take care of their goldfish. We were happy to do so, and our children ...
Is she? GENTLE READER: More like demonstrating it. Miss Manners is guessing that these children are in your neighborhood because it is safer than theirs — in terms of foot traffic, at least.
GENTLE READER: Decent people do not, as you said, admonish people directly. Nor do they go looking for trouble. If the ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: The man I’ve been dating for the ... My young nieces and nephews do so, and when I have children, I will expect the same from them. How can I explain to him that these words ...
Any Black parent knows we have to talk about this stuff with our kids. If we don’t, we’re not protecting them.” We Miss You, George Floyd (U of Minn Press) But the book — one of just two ...