Miss Manners: Please don’t save seats for us at the table you’ve purchased at the fundraising event
DEAR MISS MANNERS: We are often invited to fundraisers by a couple in our circle of friends. They purchase a table or a ...
Miss Manners: I have a game I play with strangers. Am I being rude?
I like to guess where people are from once I’ve heard them speak (not necessarily to me). In order to find out if my guess is ...
Miss Manners: Is it rude to guess where a stranger is from, then ask if I’m right?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am an accent nerd, especially about accents from Great Britain and its current and former colonies. I like to guess where people are from once I’ve heard them speak (not ...
Miss Manners: Is it rude to ask strangers about their accents?
In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to why it's impolite to start conversations with ...
Miss Manners: Is it rude to ask strangers where they came from?
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Miss Manners: I like to eavesdrop on new people, then guess where they are from
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am an accent nerd, especially about accents from Great Britain and its current and former colonies. I like to guess where people are from once I’ve heard them speak (not ...
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Miss Manners: I’m childless by choice and feel like I don’t fit into my friend group anymore
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am in my late 30s and childless, not by choice. I prefer to have a small circle of friends, but I have ...
Miss Manners: My friend talks a lot about her kids, and it’s painful for me to hear
A woman who has trouble making friends because she has no children is hurt by her one friend’s conversations about parenting.
Miss Manners: I’m in my late 30s and find it hard to find childless friends
It often leaves me feeling like I don’t fit in, as I cannot relate to the conversations revolving around pregnancy and ...
Miss Manners: I feel left out when my friend talks parenting and I’m childless
In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a woman who feels left out when her close friend ...
Miss Manners: Childless woman finds friend unintentionally hurtful when she talks mainly about raising kids
Should she try harder to find other childless people for friends, or understand that some of her friends aren't trying to be ...
Miss Manners: Childless woman feels wounded by friends' constant kid talk
I don’t want to discount her very important work of being a mother, but I also don’t want to suffer in silence.