Miss Manners asks, "Why is it that your friends are dictating what time they show up at your house in the first place?" ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A car wash I patronize has two single-occupant washrooms, one labeled “Men,” the other “Ladies.” I had ...

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

(Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, [email protected]; or ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a disagreement over pew-exiting protocol between a ...

Dear Miss Manners: We’re at a bit of a loss regarding beach house invitation etiquette. We purchased an eight-bedroom second home with the idea of hosting family, friends and acquaintances ...

Dear Miss Manners: Am I free to order what I want when someone asks me to dinner? When I am paying for myself, I order what I want and am not concerned about the price. Can I do the same when ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I occasionally email businesses for matters such as product information. What is the correct salutation to use when the recipient, and their gender, is unknown?

Miss Manners is only relieved that your neighbor also had the good manners -- and situational awareness -- to leave after 10 minutes.

Oh, and slippery ones for striptease acts. P.S. It is true that gentlemen -- but not ladies -- were supposed to remove their gloves when shaking hands. But Miss Manners is hereby suspending that rule.

At 81, Judith Martin has been writing as Miss Manners for roughly half her life, doling out etiquette tips and zingers that, since it debuted in 1979, turned her modest Washington Post column into a ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: While outside in the smoking area of a music venue a couple weeks ago, a woman next to me became a little too animated and lightly bumped into me. She apologized, and I politely ...