Tag Archives: Etiquette

WWMAD: Can I ask for cash this Christmas?

Each Sunday, Marie Antoinette stops whatever it is she is doing in the afterlife to help modern Maries live a life more fabulous. To have your questions answered, email whatwouldmarieantoinettedo at gmail dot com. My queen, I love the holidays, … Continue reading

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A queen asks “What advice can no modern Marie do without?

In this space your humble queen has fielded your questions about life and love and today turns the tables. Your majesty would like to hear the best advice you have ever gotten, that has stuck with you in some way, … Continue reading

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WWMAD: Dealing with snarky, underminy women

Every Sunday, Marie Antoinette doles out the advice only she can give about love, life and relationships. To have the queen weigh in on your dilemma, email whatwouldmarieantoinettedo at wordpress dot com. Your majesty the Queen, I’m the new girl … Continue reading

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WWMAD: A queen saves a joke for later

In this Sunday series, Marie Antoinette answers questions about love and life. To have your own question answered, send it along to whatwouldmarieantoinettedo at gmail dot com. Your highness, I’m absolutely mortified. While at a party my friends and I … Continue reading

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How Not to Say What You Mean

Marie Antoinette, the once and always Queen of France, runs an honest-to-goodness advice column in this space every Sunday. Write to her about etiquette, your curiosities or your quandaries at whatwouldmarieantoinettedo at gmail dot com. Dear Queen, I love my … Continue reading

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Reader Mailbag: Addressing — and Recognizing — Proper Ladies

In this Sunday Series, readers ask the last queen of the Ancien Regime questions about etiquette, love and life. To have your question answered, write Marie Antoinette at whatwouldmarieantoinettedo at gmail dot com. Dear Queen ( I do not know … Continue reading

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WWMAD: Help! She’s a chronic-coffee-breath-close-talker!

Due to technical difficulties, this post should have aired Sunday and did not. Your blog mistress is much mortified that her carefully pre-scheduled post did not run while she was out of town but its Hoot Suite scheduled Tweets most … Continue reading

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In which a lady (repeatedly) sleeps with a man who is not her boyfriend

A weekly series in which modern day ladies ask Marie Antoinette for advice on love, life and personal disaster. To send in your own quandary, email whatwouldmarieantoinettedo at gmail dot com to be answered next Sunday. Marie, My boyfriend and … Continue reading

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Let Marie Antoinette be your emotional Sherpa

Darlings: Have you ever experienced a problem, a quandary, and thought, “I wish I had a long-deceased French monarch to share her guidance and hard-won wisdom.” Finding no such match, were you forced to turn to Emily Post, Dear Abby … Continue reading

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WWMAD: Would Marie Antoinette have had a Blackberry?

In this weekly series, the Queen of France, answers your pressing questions about love and life. To send your own question, email whatwouldmarieantoinettedo at gmail.com Your majesty, I love my girlfriend, but her phone is coming between us. Her phone … Continue reading

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