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Miss Manners: Strangers keep calling me beautiful and I find it unnerving

A reader in her 80s writes to Miss Manners because strangers frequently tell her she’s beautiful in public, and she finds the attention unsettling.

Published Jul 6, 2026, 5:45 AM EDT | LehighValleyLive

DEAR MISS MANNERS: The oddest thing started happening to me when I reached my 80s: Strangers began approaching me to tell me how beautiful I am. It continues regularly at the supermarket, at restaurants or on the bus.