The Etiquette Question That Troubles So Many

Manners Require Showing Consideration Of All Human Beings, Not Just The Ones To Whom One Is Close.

Generosity And Gratitude Are Inseparably Linked.

Gentle Reader: You, Sir, Are An Anarchist, And Miss Manners Is Frightened To Have Anything To Do With You. It Is True That Questioning The Table Manners Of Others Is Rude. But To Overthrow The Accepted Conventions Of Society, On The Flimsy Grounds That You Have Found Them Silly, Inefficient And Discomforting, Is A Dangerous Step Toward Destroying Civilization.

There Is No Etiquette Rule That Decrees One Must Give Out Personal Information To Anyone Who Asks.

Being Listened To Should Be Sufficiently Gratifying In Itself, Whether Or Not The Advice Is Followed.