Dear Miss Manners: I am a young person with recurrent hip pain, and I have considered using a mobility aid — namely, a walking cane.Since I am still young and live with my parents, I feel a bit ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have had serious ... My issue isn’t the cane — or the pain, for that matter — but the fact that, over and over and over again, people ask me why I am using a cane.