GENTLE READER: She also could have lit your jacket on fire and burned down the music venue, swallowing the whole town along ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a man's calm and polite reaction to a woman ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: While outside in the smoking area of a music venue a couple weeks ago ... It seems that what had bumped ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: While outside in the smoking area of a music venue a couple weeks ago ... It seems that what had bumped ...

Dear Miss Manners: While outside in the smoking area of a music venue a couple weeks ago, a woman next to me became a little ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: While outside in the smoking area of a music venue a couple weeks ago ... It seems that what had bumped ...

Then, I realized she was still looking at my sleeve with an anxious, guilty expression, and she started brushing at the spot ...

What I am left thinking is, should I have been more visibly upset, even angry, that she had damaged one of my nicer jackets?

From the catwalk to the red carpet, the jacket-and-necktie combo is back for women – it's a statement of power and authority, ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: While I was outside in the smoking area of a music venue a couple weeks ago ... It seems that what had ...