DEAR MISS MANNERS: What is the thinking these days on who in a couple signs a greeting card? ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: What is the thinking these days on who in a couple signs a greeting card?
I have to admit that I was a little shocked that everybody didn’t sign their own names in this day and age. Like, they were all sitting right there, together. GENTLE READER: You will forgive Miss Manners if she pitches her own fit over the impersonal nature of greeting cards in the first place. Adding eight signatures to it feels even more insulting -- as if a treaty is being signed, not a wish for a swift recovery.
Yes, one person in the couple is going to get off easy. So Miss Manners suggests that you take turns or trade doing this for another task.DEAR MISS MANNERS: My wife and I worked diligently to encourage good manners in our boys as they were growing up, and now that they are adults, we feel generally pleased with their progress -- except for one new thing.
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