In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to showing sympathy for war-affected friends without ...

GENTLE READER: You can be sympathetic to this woman’s pain, Miss Manners assures you, without taking a stance on its source. “This is awful. I am so sorry” is all you need say, repeated as many times ...

Miss Manners understands that people who have trouble saying no might be sorry to disappoint those who importune them. Or ...

I don’t entertain anyway, but I know telling them that will not work. I’m just really bothered that they say, “You’ll have to ...