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I have discovered that my husband’s small business has been sending out birthday/anniversary cards addressed to clients by ...

Husband’s small business sends out holiday cards to clients without including their titles.

His clients are professionals between the ages of 30 and 90. I believe that most of them were raised during a time of proper ...

That would indeed stretch the food. But assuming they are separate: ...

GENTLE READER: Deliberately ignoring someone who is speaking to you is a high insult, one that is tantamount to severing ...

She's concerned with how the cards are addressed. Miss Manners is concerned with maintaining a business-like relationship.

I believe that the envelopes should be addressed using a title. I have been informed by my husband that omitting it is friendlier.

GENTLE READER: “Mr. Joe Smith” would be Miss Manners’ preference. But then, she would also prefer not to receive birthday ...

The solution is to manage the time, as well as the quantity of alcohol consumed. After all, you did not keep serving the pot ...

Host who doesn’t drink wants to start cleaning up when husband and guests start getting drunk during dinner parties.

Eventually, the conversation becomes more animated than I can keep up with, as voices get a bit louder and arguments a little ...