DEAR MISS MANNERS: My brother just lost his baby (stillborn), so should he celebrate Father's Day?
GENTLE READER: Celebrate? As in "Happy Father's Day -- oh, oops"?
Miss Manners can hardly think of anything worse than drawing attention to an occasion that he can associate only with tragedy. But as the society will be plastered with reminders, she would consider it a good day to offer your brother and his family some tactful distraction.
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