Perspective | Miss Manners: Pregnancy news elicits nosy questions
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Cars: Miss Manners
Feb 25
: Husband won’t say anything to his mother, so wife wants to avoid the situation.
Feb 25
: Husband won’t say anything to his mother, so wife wants to avoid the situation.
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Finance: tech-focused - constant
Feb 24
: …focused friends of having no interest…
Feb 24
: Reader wants to assure tech-focused friends of having no interest in constant connection.
…feel and if I'm showing
yet. I'm at the point where
I am getting angry enough
to try to avoid them.Washingtonpost
Traffic: constant - listen
Aug 5 2019
: I am 13 weeks pregnant and really…
Aug 5 2019
: I am 13 weeks pregnant and really annoyed with my husband's family members for constantly asking me how I feel and if I'…
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gift-giving
Jan 4
: …2021 at 5:00 a.m.
Jan 4
: …2021 at 5:00 a.m. UTC Gift-giving should be a charming custom and expression of love So we don't want money for a gift.
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Dining: attendees - graciously
Feb 22
: …2021 at 5:00 a.m. UTC The woman offers to host…
Feb 22
: …2021 at 5:00 a.m. UTC The woman offers to host frequent parties but insists attendees foot the bill. However, I have one…
So Somerset have him and
Leach both on the park,
but not a drop of spin to
drink. Shame really.Telegraph
Sport: first-class
Sep 27 2020
: Somerset threw the bat for eight overs to set up the…
Sep 27 2020
: Somerset threw the bat for eight overs to set up the declaration in the morning, adding 45 to set Essex 237 to win or bat out…
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Health: gentleman - detests - carrots
Feb 18
: …2021 at 5:00 a.m. UTC Being rude is never the answer.
Feb 18
: …2021 at 5:00 a.m. UTC Being rude is never the answer. Take the cases of a young lady who detests carrots, a young gentleman…
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Eductaion: Miss Manners
Jan 20
: …2021 at 5:00 a.m.
Jan 20
: …2021 at 5:00 a.m. UTC Baby shower guests told: “Keep you virus opinions to yourself.” I was deeply offended.
When a friend’s daughter
got married (illustration),
I enjoyed seeing her photos
on social media and was
very… Alica ZinnMercurynews
Crime: behaving - unwisely
May 20 2020
: How pushy can I be? When a friend’s…
May 20 2020
: Plus: My sister is behaving unwisely. How pushy can I be? When a friend’s daughter got married, I enjoyed seeing her…
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13-year-old
Jan 12
: …tired of explaining what happened.
Jan 12
: After three years in a wheelchair, 13-year-old is tired of explaining what happened.
Church volunteer would like
online congregants to stop
eating, texting (illustration)
during the service.
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Politics: congregants - texting
Nov 10 2020
: …texting during the service.
Nov 10 2020
: Church volunteer would like online congregants to stop eating, texting during the service.
Friend asks if reader’s
newly widowed mom plans
to start dating. Washingtonpost
Entertainment: dating
Sep 22 2020
: …widowed mom plans to start dating.
Sep 22 2020
: Friend asks if reader’s newly widowed mom plans to start dating. The day after my father's funeral, a friend who had been…
Reader agreed to be social
media (illustration) friend
but doesn’t get any “likes.”Washingtonpost
real-life
Sep 21 2020
: …likes.” A current real-life friend sent me a…
Sep 21 2020
: Reader agreed to be social media friend but doesn’t get any “likes.” A current real-life friend sent me a friend request…
Entertainment: of a certain age
Dec 15 2020
: Reader’s close friends think dating couples “of a certain age”…
Dec 15 2020
: Reader’s close friends think dating couples “of a certain age” should be living together.
Health: get-togethers - pre-pandemic
Oct 31 2020
: Pre-pandemic get-togethers at a local bar a few nights a week…
Oct 31 2020
: Pre-pandemic get-togethers at a local bar a few nights a week have turned to daily visits.
Dining: Miss Manners
Sep 26 2020
: There’s no strict rule of first contact when someone moves…
Sep 26 2020
: There’s no strict rule of first contact when someone moves in nearby. Is there a protocol that should be followed when…
Health: incalculable - sequestered - girlfriend - appropriate
Apr 27 2020
: Plus: Is it appropriate to take my medicine in front of my girlfriend? Electronics…
Apr 27 2020
: Plus: Is it appropriate to take my medicine in front of my girlfriend? Electronics have been of incalculable benefit to…
Crime: amiable - Seeing - engaging
Nov 5 2019
: When I was engaging in an amiable conversation with a neighbor, I brought out…
Nov 5 2019
: When I was engaging in an amiable conversation with a neighbor, I brought out my phone, as I had gotten a text message from…