HeyJaredJudith Martin
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 13
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- Sep 28, 2026
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- Top 100K sites
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- Jul 17, 2026
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Miss Manners: Host wants to bring back assigned seating (opens the original)
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DEAR MISS MANNERS: For work, I often attend meals with assigned seating – not just assigned tables, but individual chairs. I really enjoy these events, since they are opportunities to talk with seatmates I may not know well, or at all. So I returned to using assigned seating at dinner parties in my home, hoping to replicate the opportunity for my guests to get to know people better. Not only did it achieve this objective, but it also made it so much easier to gracefully meet dietary or beverage
Miss Manners: Planning for a tense trip with in-laws (opens the original)
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DEAR MISS MANNERS: My lovely sister, Grace, married a man who is difficult. Keith is loud, often inebriated, and quick to anger. After a misunderstanding at Grace and Keith’s wedding rehearsal dinner, harsh words were screamed, and Keith challenged my husband, Jason, to a fistfight. He issued a pretty weak apology, and for my sister’s sake, Jason accepted it. But he has not really gotten over it and feels like things will never be the same between them. Grace, though, thinks everything is hunky-
Miss Manners: Muddy, sweaty, barefoot: Time for your surprise party (opens the original)
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DEAR MISS MANNERS: My co-worker was given a surprise baby shower at her mother-in-law’s house. Her husband got her there by fibbing, saying he needed to pick up a tool and she could just sit in the car. This was right after she had completed two hours of yard work; she was in grubby, ill-fitting clothes and had no shoes on, as hers were muddy. She had taken them off so she wouldn’t soil the car. Now she is stuck with dozens of pictures from the shower with her not feeling well and looking ridicu
Miss Manners: The list of basic manners remains unchanged (opens the original)
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DEAR MISS MANNERS: My cohort of parents does not want to be counted among those who neglected their children’s education, so I am coming to you, the expert, for your list of important courtesies all children must learn and perform. I hope to encourage and inspire them in the teaching and modeling of manners to the next generation. GENTLE READER: The list itself has not changed. It is the lackadaisical enforcement that has, as well as the bevy of excuses for why any given child (or adult) might b
Miss Manners: 'No gifts – oh twist my arm, I'll take a gold watch' (opens the original)
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DEAR MISS MANNERS: I accepted an invitation to a party for a friend’s husband at their home. It hadn’t occurred to me to bring a gift – most likely I would have simply brought a nice card and a bottle of wine. A few days before the party, I was surprised to receive this message: “Some of you have asked about gifts – and truly, your presence at this event is already the greatest gift of all! However, if you still wish to contribute something, we warmly invite you to participate in a group gift: a
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