I am naturally averse to conflict and prefer to cool things down than heat them up unless absolutely necessary ...

Dear Miss Manners: While outside in the smoking area of a music venue a couple weeks ago, a woman next to me became a little ...

Then, I realized she was still looking at my sleeve with an anxious, guilty expression, and she started brushing at the spot ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: While outside in the smoking area of a music venue a couple weeks ago, a woman next to me became a little ...

GENTLE READER: She also could have lit your jacket on fire and burned down the music venue, swallowing the whole town along ...

What I am left thinking is, should I have been more visibly upset, even angry, that she had damaged one of my nicer jackets?

After a stranger’s cigarette left a burn on his jacket, this man is confused about whether his reaction was appropriate; a ...

While outside in the smoking area of a music venue a couple weeks ago, a woman next to me became a little too animated and ...

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In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a man's calm and polite reaction to a woman ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: While outside in the smoking area of a music venue a couple weeks ago, a woman next to me became a little ...

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