Dear Miss Manners: What has happened to the art of small talk? It is, or used to be, a style of conversation that exchanges small ideas and small questions, enabling people to know each other better. But as you had the next generation readily at hand, Miss Manners would have switched to engaging the children. Dear Miss Manners: I am a trained singer with many years of experience singing at weddings, as well as general performance. New Miss Manners columns are posted Monday through Saturday on washingtonpost.com/advice.

Source: Washington Post March 18, 2020 04:07 UTC