Many of us struggle with this issue. Someone pays us a compliment and we deflect or minimize the kind words, as if doing so will make us seem humble or at least not look arrogant. We receive ...

Dear Miss Manners: What is an appropriate and polite response to a compliment that I know is disingenuous? And upon receiving such a compliment, am I required to return one that is equally ...

'I love the way you speak confidently in front of people,’ a friend who’s just seen me speak at a menopause retreat says to me. ‘You sound like you really know what you’re talking about.’ I feel… ...