A reader’s patience is wearing thin with an otherwise fun and generous friend who leaves much to be desired as a conversational partner. By Philip Galanes I am good friends with a woman who is kind ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My signature perfume is a well-known -- and expensive -- classic scent. For my last birthday I received not one, but two generous gifts of this perfume: one from a dear lifetime ...

Dear Eric: I have a close friend of more than 40 years who lives in a very large and expensive city. Whenever I travel there, I will often ask if my wife and I can stay with her. She is acquainted ...

Dear Carolyn: My very generous and wealthy (this is relevant) friends offered to throw a dinner for me and my husband for our 10th wedding anniversary. This is a second marriage for both of us so ...