After a stranger’s cigarette left a burn on his jacket, this man is confused about whether his reaction was appropriate; a ...

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I am naturally averse to conflict and prefer to cool things down than heat them up unless absolutely necessary ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: While outside in the smoking area of a music venue a couple weeks ago, a woman next to me became a little ...

What I am left thinking is, should I have been more visibly upset, even angry, that she had damaged one of my nicer jackets?

Then, I realized she was still looking at my sleeve with an anxious, guilty expression, and she started brushing at the spot ...

GENTLE READER: She also could have lit your jacket on fire and burned down the music venue, swallowing the whole town along ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a man's calm and polite reaction to a woman ...

While outside in the smoking area of a music venue a couple weeks ago, a woman next to me became a little too animated and ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: While outside in the smoking area of a music venue a couple weeks ago, a woman next to me became a little ...

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