Miss Manners: Friend’s salad fork place-setting is confusing when both courses come at once

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Sometimes when I receive an invitation to an event, the sender writes “By Hand” in the lower right-hand ...

Miss Manners: Navigating the treacherous waters of salad fork placement

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to arranging forks when serving salad with dinner.

Miss Manners: Awkward encounters with the familiar faces in my life

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a reader and how they should greet familiar ...

Miss Manners: How should I deal with a friend who always abruptly leaves the dinner table?

When we are finished eating and are just sitting around the table talking, she will suddenly jump up without warning and say ...
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Miss Manners: Dinner guest uses tablecloth in a strange way

DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a dinner event I attended at a hotel, the tables were 10-foot rounds with tablecloths that went to the floor. The dinner was buffet style, but we were all wearing semi-formal ...

Miss Manners: How do I set rules for my kids without offending the other parents?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Just after Thanksgiving each year, my young nieces send out a letter to the extended family that contains ...