It demands that you drop everything and attend to it immediately. Long, long ago, before the advent of the cellular telephone, Miss Manners declared the telephone to be a rude instrument. (Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, to her email. GENTLE READER: There is a bit of a problem with that. This reduces the temptation for them to correct each other's versions of family stories or to abandon the other guests to discuss topics of more interest to them, such as whether it is time to replace the hot water heater. GENTLE READER: You, sir, are an anarchist, and Miss Manners is frightened to have anything to do with you. GENTLE READER: Yes, you can tell your adult child to clean up that mess.

Yet it is who will be the target of incorrect corrections.Ī gentleman's lady should be seated on the far side of the table, out of ear range of her husband. GENTLE READER You are wrong, your hostess is wrong for not having assigned seating, the person who asked you to move is wrong. But as Miss Manners realizes that a strict ban on such posts would bring social media to a halt - and that someone might consider this a terrible thing - she will offer some guardrails to soften the impact. You would be better off deciding, as many ladies do, not to pin any hopes on someone who won't bother with you if all you offer them is your company.ĭEAR MISS MANNERS Please correct me if I am wrong, but, when you are seating 10 couples at a table at a party, does the gentleman's lady sit at his right or left? As I was already seated with my wife on my right, I was asked to move to her right. He at length dismissed Tom with a gentle rebuke, advising him for the future to apply to him in cases. Gentle Readers: There is a disturbing trend in Miss Manners’ correspondence that she wishes to address, lest Gentle Readers give up hope of a more polite future. The manners of the young lady in question are no better than your morals, either, as she has taken insult at your offering her only your company.

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