Miss Manners: Would I be out of line to give my spouse this gift in public?
Miss Manners considers it the height of poor dinner guest behavior to solicit business. She suggests that next time he starts ...
Miss Manners: How do I get out of calling partner’s mother ‘Mom’ after she asked me to?
Just make sure that you prepare your actual mom to corroborate the story the next time the two of them meet. Please send your ...
Dave Barry and Miss Conduct have readers buzzing
Dave Barry has been making me laugh out loud for years — reading his retrospective on 2024 was a real pleasure ( Dave Barry’s ...
Miss Manners: How do I sidestep this awkward ‘mama’ drama with future mother-in-law
GENTLE READER: Blame your mother. Moms are used to taking the fall for their children, and if you are as close as you say, ...
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Miss Manners: I like my future mother-in-law but I don’t want to call her ‘Mom.’ How do I tell her without hurting her feelings?
Anyway, she’s been asking me to call her “Mom.” As I am extremely close to my own mother, I’m just not comfortable with this.
Miss Manners: Future MIL may be nice, but she’s not ‘mom’
I’ve been with my fiance for 16 years. I have a good relationship with his mother, though I wouldn’t call us best friends.
Miss Manners: My mother-in-law wants to be called ‘mom.’ But I already have a mom
A reader who is uncomfortable with her recently widowed mother-in-law’s request to be called “mom” seeks alternatives and a ...
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Future MIL May Be Nice, But She's Not 'Mom'
I’ ve been with my fiance for 16 years. I have a good relationship with his mother, though I wouldn’ t call us best friends. We talk and get along well when we go to her house, but she and I don’ t ...
Miss Manners: I can’t bring myself to call my fiance’s mother “Mom”
GENTLE READER: Blame your mother. Moms are used to taking the fall for their children, and if you are as close as you say, ...
Miss Manners: I’m sorry, but I can’t call my mother-in-law ‘mom’
GENTLE READER: Blame your mother. Moms are used to taking the fall for their children, and if you are as close as you say, ...
Miss Manners: Future mother-in-law is nice, but she isn’t ‘Mom’
In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin suggests blaming the woman's own mother to avoid offending her ...
Miss Manners: My future in-law wants me to call her mom. Can I say no?
Dear Miss Manners: I’ve been with my fiancé for 16 years. I have a good relationship with his mother, though I wouldn’t call ...