In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a friend who won't stop with the 'cougar' jokes to ...

GENTLE READER: Miss Manners agrees that if someone asks people to go ahead, then the request should be obeyed, as it may mask ...

(She) called me to tell me she was diabetic and couldn’t eat them. I felt her phone call was rude and unnecessary.

Miss Manners: Should women initiate marriage proposals more often? Letter writer wondering if society’s move towards gender equity has pushed more women to initiate proposals.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am wondering if it would be crass or in poor taste to give a new widow a thoughtful sympathy card with ...

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 ...

One of her standard jabs is to bring me a gift with an insult attached. How does a polite person respond to repeated insults in the form of gifts?

Were you rude this year? Miss Manners specializes in helping people either avoid impropriety, or deal with it when it’s encountered. This year’s top columns featured a fine collection of ...

Judith Martin’s Miss Manners column offers advice six times per week and has chronicled the continuous rise and fall of American manners since 1978. You can view all of her columns at ...

In today’s show-offy society, where nothing counts unless it has received the widest possible publicity, marriage proposals have become performance art.

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to an opera enthusiast's anxiety over what to wear.

In today's column, Miss Manners advises a reader whose grandkids keep bringing food into rooms where it's not allowed. Getty Images ...