Miss Manners: Childless and over 30, and it’s starting to become painful to talk to friends
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: What’s the etiquette for a patient who is a physician addressing the doctor providing care?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m a physician, so I am used to people addressing me as “Dr. Jones.” That includes both patients and ...
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Some Rules of Dining Etiquette Are Made to Be Broken
It can be argued that in this age of self-absorption, main character syndrome, and heightened unawareness that there is a need for more manners and ... rules of restaurant etiquette that can ...
Have Americans forgotten their manners? Alarming study reveals how many of us still say ‘please’
What’s the magic word? According to a new study of American etiquette, it’s no longer “please.” After combing through ...
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Miss Manners: How do you present a proper toast?
In celebration, “cheers” should be an exclamation: “I’d like to propose a toast: Here’s to teaching young people manners and etiquette.” Then everyone raises a glass and exclaims ...
Miss Manners: I’m annoyed that my doctors don’t address me, a doctor, as ‘doctor’
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m a physician, so I am used to people addressing me as “Dr. Jones.” That includes both patients and ...