Asking Eric: Welcome to our house, where are your groceries?
Rules for houseguests are all about the presentation.
Miss Manners: I don’t buy the excuse that they’re students. They were rude.
Since they went back to grad school, they're impossible to pin down.
Asking Eric: His children have turned my backyard oasis into a nightmare
The new neighbor actually told me my peaceful life is over.
Miss Manners: My classmate’s compliment felt like a retroactive insult
What can I say to such comments at this year's reunion?
Asking Eric: The mandatory social time with my co-workers stresses me out
The company calls it a "mental health day," but it doesn't feel like that.
Miss Manners: Can I tell the tourists we don’t want to see their underwear?
Their laundry ruins what would be a beautiful view.
Asking Eric: The wrong person overheard my wife venting about my co-workers
So now I'm in trouble, and my wife says it's not her fault.
Miss Manners: This waiting room encounter left me aghast
Plus: I have no sympathy for people who let their voicemail fill up.
Asking Eric: Would it be wrong to move far away without telling my wife’s sons?
Plus: Our guests' child always seems to find the most obnoxious place to sit.
Miss Manners: We accidentally trespassed and didn’t know what to say
Would it have been ruder to try to explain what we were doing?