Miss Manners: I received an unexpected gift from my friend’s inheritance

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a reader who received an inherited luxury car from ...

Miss Manners: This gift is so over-the-top, I don’t think my thanks can ever be good enough

(Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, dearmissmanners@gmail.com; or ...

Miss Manners: How do I graciously accept an over-the-top and unexpected gift?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I went to a dry cleaner’s, paid up-front for my items and was told they would be ready by 4 p.m. on Friday ...

Miss Manners: I don’t know how to stop thanking my friend for her incredible generosity

A reader received an unexpected luxury automobile as a gift from a lifelong friend who came into a substantial inheritance ...

Miss Manners: I was told I need better manners after a dry cleaner dispute

Was I wrong to insist on picking up my items at that time? Should I have left and waited for the lady to text me?

Miss Manners: The woman at the dry cleaner’s called me rude. What was I supposed to do?

“I’m lookin’ at them with my own darn eyes, you gobdaw ninny!” — not so much. Miss Manners is guessing that your response leaned toward the latter, and was therefore something less than mannerly. If ...

Miss Manners: Friend gifted me a luxury car. I can’t stop saying, ‘Thank you.’

The lady asked me if I had received a text. I said “no,” but I could see my items and pointed them out to her. She said that ...

Miss Manners: Since that incident, my neighbor has seemed chilly

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I live in a vintage three-flat condo building in Chicago. One recent morning at 6, I received a text from ...

Hysterics Over What Pup Who ‘Hasn’t Learned His Manners’ Does at Playgroup

The dog trainer placed the water bowl on the counter for a moment while he attempted to get the class started.
The Washington Post

Miss Manners: Friend is too cheap to be a good host

Dear Miss Manners: I teach seventh grade in a suburban school. I have noticed an increasingly unsettling trend as I walk around the room to check on students: Nobody says “yes, please” or “no, thank ...
Sun Sentinel

Miss Manners: My friend is exacting punishment against me for a decade-old favor

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I had lunch with a person I consider to be a Very Good Friend. This is someone I see a few times each month and with whom I have traveled. Miss Manners: I keep getting my friend’s ...
Oregonian

Miss Manners: 10-year grudge keeps ‘very good friend’ out of gourmet group

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I had lunch with a person I consider to be a Very Good Friend. This is someone I see a few times each month and with whom I have traveled. My friend was excited about a new gourmet ...