It’s Prom Season! Break Out Your Worst Story!

April 23, 2013

Since it’s now prom season and 17-18 year-olds are not always experts on etiquette, I thought you might consider featuring your readers’ prom horror stories (everyone has one). Here’s mine to start: When I was a senior in high school, my best friend Loni had a really serious boyfriend, Greg (now her husband of over [...]

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Surprise Party Guest of Honor Etiquette

April 22, 2013

I’m hoping for an objective, third party opinion regarding surprise parties. My aunt and I are trying to figure out which one of us owes the other an apology. If you hear about a surprise party being thrown in your honor ahead of time, are you under any etiquette obligation to attend? If you walk [...]

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Feel Good Friday – Downton Abbey Performs One Direction’s “What Makes You Beautiful”

April 19, 2013

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The “Ring Theory” of Kvetching (Or “How Not To Say The Wrong Thing In A Crisis”)

April 17, 2013

I read an interesting article last week in the Los Angeles Times about how to avoid making the mistake of saying the wrong thing to someone in the midst of a medical, legal, financial, etc. crisis.    Read on…. Draw a circle. This is the center ring. In it, put the name of the person at [...]

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Dancing On Margaret Thatcher’s Grave

April 15, 2013

I’m a big fan of this site from the UK. Anyone who has seen the news in the last couple of days will know that one of Britain’s most in/famous Prime Ministers, Margaret Thatcher, passed away at the start of this week. Thatcher’s death has been hugely polarising here, in some cases to uncomfortable levels. [...]

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Feel Good Friday – Marina and Ulay

April 12, 2013

Marina Abramovic and Ulay started an intense love story in the 70s, performing art out of the van they lived in. When they felt the relationship had run its course, they decided to walk the Great Wall of China, each from one end, meeting for one last big hug in the middle and never seeing [...]

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What To Do With Cards

April 11, 2013

What is the proper etiquette for receiving and keeping cards? Whether birthday, Christmas, anniversary cards? My husband finds it really odd that I almost immediately throw away any card I receive. He thinks I should at least “hold on to it” for awhile. But I see no point in that; I am never going to [...]

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Public Library Etiquette

April 10, 2013

I’ve been working in a public library for years now and while some people are great, I’ve noticed more and more people just having really bad manners. I’m hoping if people are willing to post this helpful list more library patrons will start to behave themselves. 1: Before coming to the library – take a [...]

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