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DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a tremor in my hands, worse in my dominant hand, and it affects my table manners. In public, I try to choose foods that are relatively easy for me to handle, but I often ...
Peter Post. William Morrow & Company, $21.95 (224pp) ISBN 978-0-06-053980-1 A man usually seeks etiquette tips from three types of people: a sharp woman he admires, a Jeeves, or a stylish ...
The answer to these questions, of course, is no, because we don't live in an Edith Wharton novel. But these manners reflected the way different eras interpreted the code of etiquette.
GENTLE READER: Why go through the parents? Miss Manners suggests you go straight to the source, quietly telling the child ...
Your prayers are between you and your beliefs.” DEAR MISS MANNERS: My two grandchildren, ages 7 and 9, are very sweet but have terrible table manners.
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband’s father has poor table manners, or at least I think he does! He is 95, and the family doesn’t think there is anything wrong. When we go out to a restaurant, he ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a tremor in my hands, worse in my dominant hand, and it affects my table manners. In public, I try to choose foods that are relatively easy for me to handle, but I often ...
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 ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have taken note of repeat inquiries about how to deal with not being invited to a wedding -- presumably, though not always in so many words, without being a jerk in return.
Advice Miss Manners: Is it rude to ask for a different table when being seated at a restaurant? Published: Sep. 05, 2023, 8:00 p.m. By Judith Martin ...