Miss Manners: My future in-law wants me to call her mom. Can I say no?
Dear Miss Manners: I’ve been with my fiancé for 16 years. I have a good relationship with his mother, though I wouldn’t call ...
Miss Manners: I’m sorry, but I can’t call my mother-in-law ‘mom’
GENTLE READER: Blame your mother. Moms are used to taking the fall for their children, and if you are as close as you say, ...
Miss Manners: My mother-in-law wants to be called ‘mom.’ But I already have a mom
A reader who is uncomfortable with her recently widowed mother-in-law’s request to be called “mom” seeks alternatives and a ...
Miss Manners: I can’t bring myself to call my fiance’s mother “Mom”
GENTLE READER: Blame your mother. Moms are used to taking the fall for their children, and if you are as close as you say, ...
Miss Manners: How do I get out of calling partner’s mother ‘Mom’ after she asked me to?
Just make sure that you prepare your actual mom to corroborate the story the next time the two of them meet. Please send your ...
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Miss Manners: I think my future mother-in-law is nice, but I refuse to call her ‘mom’
GENTLE READER: Blame your mother. Moms are used to taking the fall for their children, and if you are as close as you say, ...
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Miss Manners: I like my future mother-in-law but I don’t want to call her ‘Mom.’ How do I tell her without hurting her feelings?
Anyway, she’s been asking me to call her “Mom.” As I am extremely close to my own mother, I’m just not comfortable with this.
Miss Manners: “I thought about inviting you, but I didn’t”
GENTLE READER: “I’m thinking about thanking you, but I probably won’t.” Please send your questions to Miss Manners at ...
Miss Manners: My future mother-in-law may be nice, but she’s not ‘mom’
GENTLE READER: Blame your mother. Moms are used to taking the fall for their children, and if you are as close as you say, ...
Miss Manners: Would I be out of line to give my spouse this gift in public?
Miss Manners considers it the height of poor dinner guest behavior to solicit business. She suggests that next time he starts ...
Dear Abby: My niece asked me to walk her down the aisle with her mom; my sister says that’s disrespectful
My niece has asked me to walk her down the aisle along with my sister. My sister said it’s disrespectful to her since she is ...
Miss Manners: Future MIL may be nice, but she’s not ‘mom’
I’ve been with my fiance for 16 years. I have a good relationship with his mother, though I wouldn’t call us best friends.