1) Of course Miss Manners gives exactly the right advice on etiquette to this woman whose ex-boyfriend has "dumped" their friendship at the behest of his fiancee. There seems to be something in the zeitgeist of advice columns these days (see this "Cat's Call"--scroll down--from Sunday's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) about women who can't stand for their future husbands to maintain a friendship with former girlfriends.
I suppose every relationship is different and the ways of the human heart are strange, but are there really still people who believe in the dictum of the "Harry" character from "When Harry Met Sally"?
2) I've missed a few Wednesdays, but going back over the recent columns, I noticed this from Wednesday the 2nd:
Dear Miss Manners:
I recently visited a remote tropical island where, upon my departure, the local inhabitants insisted on killing and eating a giant sea turtle in my honor. I do eat meat, but not turtle. Though I thanked them and ate it with a smile, was that the wrong thing to do?
I should never suspect Miss Manners of making up letters, but I do harbor a slight suspicion that someone out there is pulling her leg.
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I vote that Miss Manners made up that letter because she is brilliant in every way.
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