DEAR MISS MANNERS: This Thanksgiving, I’m having a couple of friends over -- the same ones I had over last Thanksgiving However, this year I’m inviting a third, who has never met the other two I thoug
ht it would be polite for me to tell each of them something about the other so that they might be a little more comfortable together before they meetGENTLE READER: Quite right You do not want to say, “Matilda was convicted of tax fraud, but she’s paid her debt to society,” even though it might lead to an interesting discussion about prison reform
Ask Miss Manners about manners when she is just gadding about, and she will give you a polite smile and a short answer But ask her about Venice, and she is off and runningDEAR MISS MANNERS: My family has always been open to talking about pretty much anything and everything That’s great, except when it comes to the holiday dinner table Politics and religion are bad enough, but do we really need to discuss bodily functions? It absolutely ruins my...
GENTLE READER: There are so many explosive topics nowadays that you might not want to ban one that inspires only disgust, rather than violence
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