DEAR MISS MANNERS: Every graduation season, my nonagenarian mother receives invitations to at least one graduation. (She has over 20 grandchildren.) Last year, she attended one college graduation ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to family pressuring a 90-year-old family member to attend a grad party 10 hours away despite her physical limitations.

Advice; Miss Manners: Is it rude that my elderly mother can’t attend a graduation that’s 10 hours away? Published: ; May. 13, 2025, 5:47 a.m.

Miss Manners: Elderly mom is being pressured to attend graduation 10 hours away Published: May. 13, 2025, 6:00 a.m. Judith Martin pens the Miss Manners column.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: We needed a plumber recently, and during the four hours he was on the job, the plumber spent well over an hour on his phone for non-work-related calls. More and more, it seems ...

Miss Manners entirely agrees with you that an honest person does not bill for time that is not spent working. Nor does she object to asking the plumber to check the time when he presents his bill ...

Advice; Miss Manners: One of my neighbors has been ‘putting me off’ during impromptu driveway happy hours. Published: ; Dec. 30, 2022, 8:00 p.m.