What is the most tactful way to say I won’t be providing a job referral for my brother, while avoiding straining family ties?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My wife’s best friend from high school, “Nelly,” has become a very successful businesswoman. Each year, ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My wife’s best friend from high school, “Nelly,” has become a very successful businesswoman. Each year, ...

Just drink the liquid and throw away the rest? Use the straw as a single chopstick to dredge the fruit up to the rim?

A couple attends a charity auction each year on the invitation of their friend. But they can’t afford to bid, to the ...

But my wife and I are in no position financially to even bid on these items, let alone to have the winning bid.

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My wife’s best friend from high school, “Nelly,” has become a very successful businesswoman. Each year, she will invite us to ...

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She invites friends to an annual fundraising event thinking it’s okay they attend and not donate. Turns out, it isn’t okay.

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin offers guidance on how to respond when a couple is asked not ...

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