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Dear Abby: We will not be going to this rude man’s wedding. Do we have to send a gift?
5+ hour, 57+ min ago (529+ words) DEAR ABBY: Our nephew “Conrad” is engaged to be married soon. For several reasons, we are unable to attend the wedding. Under normal circumstances, I wouldn’t hesitate to send a generous gift as I have for our other nieces and…...
Miss Manners: I’m spending my money in this man’s country and he snipes at how I dress?
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (470+ words) DEAR MISS MANNERS: What is wrong with tourists looking like tourists? Do they expect us to pack fancy clothes? A local tour guide chewed out all of us Americans for wearing shorts, halter tops, sandals and backpacks. “Would you dress…...
Miss Manners: I want an office ban on taking just half a doughnut
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (553+ words) DEAR MISS MANNERS: Whenever someone brings doughnuts into the office, there are always a few people who cut a doughnut in half and leave one half in the box. I feel this is rude, as it is unappetizing to see…...
Miss Manners: I’ve never been pretty, so why are strangers calling me beautiful?
2+ week, 1+ day ago (459+ words) DEAR MISS MANNERS: The oddest thing started happening to me when I reached my 80s: Strangers began approaching me to tell me how beautiful I am. It continues regularly at the supermarket, at restaurants or on the bus. It is unnerving…...
Dear Abby: My stepsons cut us off because we won’t join the family compound
2+ week, 4+ day ago (562+ words) DEAR ABBY: My husband was married to a woman who lied to him about being pregnant. She wasn’t at the time, but she later became pregnant. They had two sons and divorced five years later. He never loved her. I…...
Miss Manners: Also, there are finger-snapping gangs in my alley
2+ week, 6+ day ago (384+ words) DEAR MISS MANNERS: Will you please write something about people not talking from their windows, especially from a second-floor window to someone below at the door? GENTLE READER: While she agrees that it is impolite to yell at all hours…...
Miss Manners: How to perform a Cut, a Dead Cut and a Cut Absolute
3+ week, 1+ day ago (465+ words) DEAR MISS MANNERS: Please explain how to administer a Cut, a Dead Cut, and a Cut Absolute. GENTLE READER: A Cut is pretending not to see someone who is obviously within sight. A Dead Cut is staring right at the…...
Miss Manners: If a stranger holds the door for me, do I also go first in line?
3+ week, 3+ day ago (523+ words) DEAR MISS MANNERS: Most mornings, I stop at a deli to get a bagel for breakfast. Sometimes as I approach the door, a man is also approaching a little ahead of me, and will stop and open it for me....
Scene-setter: Algerian, Jordan fans soak up World Cup experience
3+ week, 6+ day ago (746+ words) SANTA CLARA — Three hours before kickoff Monday night, the gates swung open at Levi’s Stadium. Algerian fans, Jordanian fans – Mexican and U.S. fans, too – burst through security lines to capture every second of the World Cup experience. They posed…...
Dear Abby: My family fell apart and I don’t know how to fix it
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (565+ words) DEAR ABBY: My husband of 31 years died suddenly five years ago. Our family — four kids, six grandkids — was devastated. We still haven’t recovered. We used to be a happy bunch, spending time at the lake, backyard barbecues by the pool…...