Manners
There are 10 entries for the tag Manners
Posted @ 9/5/2010 6:28 PM By Elise
Dear Mrs. McVeigh,
Now that the fall sports season is here, please remind your readers of some basic etiquette guidelines for those spectators who are there to enjoy the games. Here are some of my pet peeves.
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Posted @ 9/5/2010 6:24 PM By Elise
Dear Mrs. McVeigh,
I have a child who has demonstrated some naughty behavior over the past two days, which has not been remediated by our discipline strategies. She was told that if her behavior did not change, she would not be permitted to...
Posted @ 8/30/2010 11:46 AM By Elise
Dear Mrs. McVeigh,
I read in your column last week the appropriate amount of time to follow up with a thank you note for a baby shower. My daughter just got engaged so we are wondering how much time she will have to write thank you notes for her we...
Posted @ 8/30/2010 11:44 AM By Elise
Dear Mrs. McVeigh,
I have been a GS leader for 4 years. I always include all the girls when I make decisions about their activities. There is one mom who has always questions everything I do, and she says that I don't let the girls pick anything. It has...
Posted @ 8/20/2010 1:52 PM By Elise
Dear Mrs. McVeigh,
I was recently at a party and I noticed an acquaintance/friend of ours did not have an alcoholic beverage. I asked him why and he said he was on some medication that he cannot drink. A mutual friend of ours later pull...
Posted @ 8/20/2010 1:51 PM By Elise
Dear Mrs. McVeigh,
I wrote to you several months ago concerning a baby shower that I felt that I needed to attend for a co-worker. What annoyed me at the time is it was for this woman’s 4th child, and 3rd girl. Now I am really annoyed b...
Posted @ 8/13/2010 8:10 AM By Elise
This school year I am the Armstrong Elementary PTA President-Elect. My dear friend, Laura Nell Morrow is serving as the President. When Laura Nell talked to me about throwing my name in the hat for the position I literally laughed. ...
Posted @ 8/9/2010 3:27 PM By Elise
This summer I had two fabulous trips to two great tennis and golf resorts. What made them fabulous were the people that I was with, and definitely not the resorts that we went to. The first was with my husband in a world known resort in ...
Posted @ 7/29/2010 10:59 AM By Elise
Dear Mrs. McVeigh,
We raised our kids to always eat at the dining room table but occasionally we would sit in front of the TV if there were a special program we all wanted to watch. Now, we have an elderly aunt living with us, and during the day wh...
Posted @ 7/29/2010 10:57 AM By Elise
Dear Mrs. McVeigh,
My husband coached my son’s baseball team for the first time this summer. We would like to have an end of the season party at a restaurant, such as a pizza place. Is it appropriate to ask everyone to pay for t...