DEAR MISS MANNERS: When I tell someone I am an engineer, they often ask what my degree is. My husband, also an engineer, never gets this question. I am 68 years old and I have gotten it over 100 ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Every graduation season, my nonagenarian mother receives invitations to at least one graduation. (She has over 20 grandchildren.) Miss Manners: I don’t want to sound so curt ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a friend who constantly solicits gifts for a variety of occasions, both for herself and for her 12-year-old son. Most recently, she tagged me on social media next to a ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Sometimes I am served something I don’t want to eat, like meat with fat or gristle. I trim my portion and move the trash to the side of my plate -- inconspicuously ...

Dear Miss Manners: My husband and I have joined a fitness club. The policy of the gym is that members do not talk on their phones in the workout area. While there is very little of that ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was taught by my mother and grandmother, who practiced what they preached, that condolence letters are to be acknowledged. Their practice was to answer every condolence letter ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a 50-year-old retired American man, and just moved to Paris with my wife and two kids. I attend a terrific language school where I have made friends with several teachers.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have developmental prosopagnosia, or face-blindness, and cannot recognize any human faces. I work remotely in a profession that does not require me to interact directly with ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I have joined a fitness club. The policy of the gym is that members do not talk on their phones in the workout area. While there is very little of that ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I have joined a fitness club. The policy of the gym is that members do not talk on their phones in the workout area. While there is very little of that ...

Miss Manners: My wife’s habit makes me cringe. After all these years, should I say something? Miss Manners: Is my husband right that my phone alarm is rude? Miss Manners: The graduation ...

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