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During a round of toasts, she was admonished for raising her water glass. They said toasting someone with water is bad luck.

Earlier this year, mealtime at my house was feeling out of control. My kids were talking with their mouths open and complaining about each others poor manners. We introduced new rules gradually to ...

At a company holiday party, one of my colleagues decided not to partake of the wine that was offered. During a round of toasts, she was admonished – in a good-natured way – by co-workers, for raising ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I occasionally enjoy having lunch at a restaurant with a group of longtime friends. All is well until the time comes when they want to take a group photo, which, of course, gets ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a company holiday party, one of my colleagues decided not to partake of the wine that was offered.