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Dear Miss Manners ... from school in her car and asked if I would take her home. I did, then said goodnight to her at her door. She invited me inside, but I declined. During the following week ...
After Miss USA and Miss Teen USA resigned from ... “This was definitely a decision I did not take lightly. However, for me, something that I always will say comes before a crown is character ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS ... from school in her car and asked if I would take her home. I did, then said goodnight to her at her door. She invited me inside, but I declined. During the following week ...
Dear Miss Manners ... he could get me a discount. How do I interpret his offer? Do I come across as a schnorrer if I say yes, I do happen to be running low, and could I now take advantage of ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I work as an usher at a popular ... Most of the time that is sufficient, but on occasion, a patron will insist that I take the money, frequently commenting that “No one ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am currently being treated for a medical problem. The issue is expected to fully resolve in time, but it is temporarily forcing me to work part-time, and prevents me from ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: When cutting meat at the dinner ... It apparently doesn’t embarrass her, but it makes me cringe inside. I suppose I should have mentioned this a long, long time ago, but ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I occasionally ... The last few events, the husband has made a comment to me to the effect of, “It sure didn’t take you long to get a beer.” ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was taught by my mother that when one is being toasted, one doesn’t take a sip ... When I didn’t sip, one of the guests asked me why, implying that my marriage wasn ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was in my office when I got an urge to go to the bathroom. I hate to do this at work, because I work in a converted townhouse where the bathrooms are just one toilet and one ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS ... not come out till the next morning, when he told me the toilet in the guest bath was plugged up and ordered me to take care of it. I was livid and told him to take care ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I stopped eating potluck food ... but no thanks” when they offer me food. Another example: The lady downstairs is a heavy smoker and drinker. When she calls me up and asks ...