Then, just one time to show goodwill, offer to go out to lunch instead. Miss Manners cannot guarantee that your friend will ...

They’ve even insisted that I am still “thinking” about changing my name and that they will use this in the interim.

My husband has a female friend he grew up with. They have exchanged “happy birthday” texts for many years. However, they have recently begun texting more often. An example: One night he was mixing a ...