A culture shock I experienced in the Netherlands taught me a valuable lesson I'm passing on to my child
I experienced a secondhand gift-giving culture shock after moving to the Netherlands. It taught me a valuable lesson and ...
My husband and I don't get each other gifts. We spend our money on vacationing together instead.
My husband and I stopped getting each other gifts out of financial necessity. We can afford them again, but we spend money on ...
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 ...
Miss Manners: Controversial birthday present
In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin reveals the etiquette faux pas that could turn a loving ...
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: Since when did gift-giving at a birthday party become ‘showboating’
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am throwing a 50th birthday party for my spouse that will include lunch, games and an open bar, which ...
Southern Minn1d
Happy 90th Birthday to Jake-Bob
Bob" Bishop is celebrating his 90th birthday. It will be at the Owatonna Eagles Club on March 2 from 1 to 4 p.m. No gifts ...
Miss Manners: Would it be showboating to give my spouse an elaborate gift during his 50th birthday party?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am throwing a 50th birthday party for my spouse that will include lunch, games and an open bar, which ...
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Miss Manners: What are the rules for an open bar, expensive gifts at a surprise party?
GENTLE READER: Doing so, and touting the open bar as a surprise, do betray some grandstanding -- drawing attention to how ...
Miss Manners: Would it be ‘showboating’ to give my spouse a birthday present at the party I’m throwing?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am throwing a 50th birthday party for my spouse that will include lunch, games and an open bar, which ...
Miss Manners: I want to give my spouse their gift at the party but is it poor taste?
Doing so, and touting the open bar as a surprise, do betray some grandstanding -- drawing attention to how wonderful a host and spouse you are, rather than to the honoree. Rather, Miss Manners ...
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The Horrific Choice at the Heart of ‘Longlegs’ [Fatal Femmes]
Jenn Adams looks at Ruth Harker from 'Longlegs' and examines her maternal sacrifice to keep her daughter safe.