Articles tagged with: etiquette
This is how it went down,
Not long after graduating from college, feeling the impending threat of student loans, I took a job with the Department of Defense in a management intern program.It would be a …
Dear Sarah,
Seeing as how you have a cat, this letter might be insulting to you, but I’d like your advice anyway.I hate cats.Very much.I’m not sure why, but I’ve always thought that cats are the …
I have been online friends with these two girls for over two years. Last Christmas they all sent me gifts, even though I told them I don’t celebrate Christmas and they didn’t have to send …
Hmm.I have to disagree to some extent with your advice for Uncelebratory.Yes, we’re all adults, and learning to be comfortable with others in the family you’ve joined is part and parcel of being an adult.However, …
Dear God’s Gift to Intellect,
How do you say no to gifts?More specifically, how do you say “hell no” to the suggestion that it will be in your best interest to accept gifts from people in …
Dear Sarah,
My brother and his fiancée will be getting married in a couple of weeks. This should be a time of joy, togetherness and warm family feeling.Well, the family feeling has been anything but warm …
Okay, here goes…I go to a bar where friends of mine work the staff. Because I perform at the bar, I’m to get a discount on the drinks. At a certain hour the drinks become …
Dear Sarah,I love to dance, and I am a good dancer. I like going to see bands that I can dance to, and I generally have a great time. The problem is my husband. He …
Let’s just say I know a girl and I really like her and I ask her out. What should we do on the date? If she says no should I ask her out again in …
My best friend of I don’t know how many years started dating a new guy about seven months ago.Within weeks they had exchanged “I love you”s, and within months she had packed up and moved …