Miss Manners: I love my grandkids, but I don’t much enjoy eating dinner with them

... they often argue about who they want to sit next to and it doesn’t feel so nice when your grandkids don’t want to sit next to you.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I love my grandkids, but I don’t much enjoy eating dinner with them because they often argue about where they’re going to sit and who they want to sit next to. It feels like a popularity contest, and it doesn’t feel so nice when your grandkids don’t want to sit next to you.

GENTLE READER: Or you could say something about place cards. The children will have fun making them and they can create a system wherein the seating chart rotates and no one feels left out. GENTLE READER: The correct plural abbreviation is “Messrs.,” as it could also be “Mesdames” for the ladies. But you could also spell out “The Misters Bob and Thaddeus Jones.”

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