Miss Manners: Please stop calling me ‘mom’!
I love being a mom, don’t get me wrong. And I love my sons. But this drives me bananas. I’m not these people’s mom!
Miss Manners: My wife says I embarrassed her at the musical
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Miss Manners: Why does the staff at my kids’ pediatrician office call me Mom?
Dear Miss Manners: When I take my sons to the pediatrician or call ... But there’s something about it that feels a little ...
Miss Manners: Was I wrong to ask a man to remove his baseball cap at the theater?
I asked a man sitting in front of me at a college musical to remove his distracting baseball cap, which he did. My wife later ...
Miss Manners: I wish my child’s pediatrician, staff would use my name rather than just call me ‘Mom’
DEAR MISS MANNERS: When I take my sons to the pediatrician or call to make an appointment, the receptionist or nurse always ...
Miss Manners: How can I get the receptionist to stop calling me ‘mom’?
There’s something about it that feels a little condescending, like I’m not a separate person from my children.
Miss Manners: What’s the correct way to eat oysters?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: Please tell me the correct way to eat oysters. GENTLE READER: Do not believe those who advise you to ...
Miss Manners: A question about seafood dining etiquette
In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to someone who is unsure how to properly eat oysters.
Miss Manners: How do I respond to rude comments about my gray hair?
Slippery little cusses that they are (the oysters, not your fellow diners), they can be speared with that tiny fork that Miss ...
Miss Manners: Mid-30s woman stopped dying her gray hair during COVID. ‘People ask if I’m a grandmother!'
Slippery little cusses that they are (the oysters, not your fellow diners), they can be speared with that tiny fork that Miss ...