For any gender, using the bathroom is an eyes-on-your-own-paper sort of activity. Smiling, eye contact and small talk should ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My friends manage to arrive at most places at a specific time -- doctors’ offices, work meetings, etc.

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Even if Miss Manners had inherited the crown jewels, she, like your grandmother, would never wear them during the day. But ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband’s cousin and her husband live a few miles away from us. While their parents were fairly close ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A very long time ago, my husband and I were invited to dinner at a restaurant by a colleague of his. I had ...

Miss Manners: Messy kids keep breaking grandma’s house rules Published: Feb. 15, 2025, 5:42 a.m. In today's column, Miss Manners advises a reader whose grandkids keep bringing food into rooms ...

In today’s show-offy society, ... Judith Martin's Miss Manners column has chronicled the continuous rise and fall of American manners since 1978.

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to an opera enthusiast's anxiety over what to wear. You can send your questions to Miss Manners through her email ...

Dear Miss Manners: Relative to the long-standing tradition of men proposing marriage to women, and in this day of slow (but hopefully inexorable) movement toward gender equity, I wonder if the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Why do people, especially celebrities, feel the need to post their intimate details for all to read?. One female celeb posted about her partner’s performance in bed and how ...

I feel it would be nice if Miss Manners would acknowledge that electronic thank-yous are as valid as handwritten in today’s communication environment. Any thank-you is better than no thank-you ...