DEAR MISS MANNERS: When I was in college, a friend’s family graciously opened their home to me for a couple of months while I worked a summer job near their home, which was an hour from my family’s. I ...
With a written note, certainly a parent must stamp and address it, and perhaps hover over the child to inspire them to write.
DEAR MISS MANNERS: Could you please educate us on the difference between a living room, sitting room, drawing room, saloon, library, lounge, parlor and boudoir? GENTLE READER: These distinctions have ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: Every year, my family spends a week at the beach with my in-laws. They pay for the beach house, which is something we can’t afford and for which I am always properly grateful. At ...
Miss Manners: Nephew needs etiquette lesson before someone gets mad, but I don’t want to anger mommy
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I sent out party invitations that included my grandnephew. He RSVP’d that he would be attending, along with his girlfriend. I had not invited the girlfriend -- I didn’t even know he ...
DANVILLE -- They greeted and escorted their special guests inside and arranged their place settings properly. This was part of Monday's Manners Mixer for 160 Danville Middle School sixth-graders who ...
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