civilities

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Steven Petrow writes the Civilities column about LGBT/straight social dilemmas for The Washington Post and is the author of five etiquette books.

From Time • Mar. 17, 2015

Dear Civilities: Some of my high school friends recently formed a WhatsApp group to stay in touch with each other.

From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2015

Dear Civilities: I was wondering whether you could help my husband and me resolve a marital dispute.

From Washington Post • Jan. 30, 2015

Dear Civilities: How might same-sex married couples be properly addressed?

From Washington Post

It is wondrous, that a Man can get over the natural Existence and Possession of his own Mind so far, as to take Delight either in paying or receiving such cold and repeated Civilities.

From The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Addison, Joseph