In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to politely declining photo help from strangers.

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DEAR MISS MANNERS: I need to know if I am justified in feeling miffed. Let me set the scene: I was the second of three people ...

Dear Miss Manners: I need to know if I am justified in feeling miffed. Let me set the scene: I was the second of three people ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Once a month, I make a four-gallon pot of soup for my small church community. When planning the soup, I ...

I pickled the vegetables, which were sourced from a farm stand. I baked the bread from wheat milled locally, and the bologna ...

The hospital staff members are much more polite and respectful than they were when I called from my old clinic.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Once a month, I make a four-gallon pot of soup for my small church community. When planning the soup, I ...

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

"Is there a way to gently encourage the hospital staff to be less concerned with the status of the area that the patients are ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was on a tennis team and was eliminated during a tournament. I was supposed to play two matches: I ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: All the bridesmaids for an upcoming wedding recently received a note from the bride’s mother stating that ...