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: 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 ...

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 ...

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: 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 ...

Miss Manners: It irks me when folks disregard my choice to wait until all are served

GENTLE READER: A polite way would be to say, “Thank you; I will in just a moment.” ...

Miss Manners: Don’t tell me what to do. I know the rules.

GENTLE READER: A polite way would be to say, “Thank you; I will in just a moment.” Miss Manners agrees with you that it is ...

Miss Manners: I want to hang with a new crowd and not my semi-boring friend

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a high school senior who usually sits with my friend Oliver in English class. I’ve known him for ...

Asking Eric: Stepmom feels sons’ bad manners reflect poorly on her

Now that they are grown men, I am running into a similar, uncomfortable position with them and their significant others. I feel like I am stepping on eggshells and biting my tongue when they come to ...
Cañon City Daily Record

Asking Eric: Stepchildren’s lack of manners reflects on stepmom

As a stepmother, you’re mortified that your adult stepsons and their partners have forgotten basic manners, showing up ...
mlive

Asking Eric: When adult children forget their manners

I feel like I am biting my tongue when they come to visit because they have seemed to forget the things we taught them years ...

Asking Eric: We were mortified to hear how our adult kids behaved at the party

Dear Eric: I am the stepmother to two great young men. Their father and I have been together since they were teenagers.