Miss Manners: I find the dinner blessing unsanitary. How can I get out of it?

GENTLE READER: Wash your hands at the time appointed, hold hands during the prayer, and then, when everyone else starts to ...

Dear Miss Manners: If only prayer cleansed hands along with souls

Gentle Reader: Wash your hands at the time appointed, hold hands during the prayer, and then, when everyone else starts to ...

Miss Manners: Home’s open floor plan is problematic on Thanksgiving, host says

GENTLE READER: Thanksgiving being about expressing gratitude for what one has, Miss Manners cannot help noticing that the ...
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Miss Manners: Does holding hands for a prayer before a meal defeat the purpose of washing them?

GENTLE READER: Wash your hands at the time appointed, hold hands during the prayer, and then, when everyone else starts to ...

Miss Manners: Do I really have to hold hands for prayer? I just washed them for supper

GENTLE READER: Wash your hands at the time appointed, hold hands during the prayer, and then, when everyone else starts to ...

Miss Manners: Should I be offended my guests asked if I made the meal?

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a reader who wonders what to say if guests ask if ...

Miss Manners: Criticizing someone’s children can be a minefield. What do I do?

Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, [email protected]; ...

Miss Manners: Criticizing someone’s kids can be a minefield, but what if that ‘someone’ is your husband?

If we have dinner at the home of one of my stepsons, we contribute food. If we go out to dinner, we always pay.

Miss Manners: Don’t tell me to start eating. I know the rules.

However, it seems like other folks never got this same lesson. I frequently find that some well-intentioned guest will look over, notice me not eating, and try to persuade me to go ahead and dig in — ...

Miss Manners: I washed my hands before dinner, now everyone wants to hold hands, pray

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin offers subtle solution for hygiene-conscious diners caught ...

Miss Manners: My family’s prayer ritual is making me sick

GENTLE READER: Wash your hands at the time appointed, hold hands during the prayer, and then, when everyone else starts to ...

Miss Manners: This one rule of group dining etiquette has some nuance that you should be aware of

GENTLE READER: You found the questions rude because you believe that no self-respecting host would serve guests precooked ...