Miss Manners: They graciously allowed us to stay at their lake house ... we privately vowed to never return

Our friends graciously offered us use of their rustic lakeside cabin, as they no longer can travel there themselves. We had a disappointing time and cut our stay short due to the terrible odor, ...
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Miss Manners: We stayed at a friend’s cabin, but it was not what we expected

We cut our stay short due to the terrible odor, primitive accommodations and insufficient space and privately vowed to never return.

Miss Manners: My new co-workers are invading my privacy

Miss Manners assures you that you are not being impolite if, after one or two short responses, you find something to do that won’t give you a stiff neck and instead say, “Excuse me, I’m going to ...

Miss Manners: The polite Victorian phrase that secretly meant ‘get out’

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to how hosts once tactfully communicated event end ...

Miss Manners: When should one respond to an RSVP request if not planning to attend?

I send regrets for small group invitations, but am not sure what's expected and most helpful when included in a mass mailing ...

Miss Manners: A new volunteer behaved unforgivably toward me. I want her fired

This volunteer then blocked my way and cornered me. She went on a yelling, screaming rant, saying that I hadn’t left my ...

Miss Manners: I’ve been told to banish these guests from the main table

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a single man who inherited, from my parents and grandparents, both a love of entertaining and also a great deal of the trappings needed — china, crystal, linen, silver — that ...

Miss Manners: The elegant old custom of signaling when guests should leave

Please send your questions to Miss Manners at missmanners.com, by email to [email protected], or through postal mail ...

Miss Manners: Invited guests, who don’t RSVP but show up anyway, cause a stir

Miss Manners hopes, however, that you will not otherwise dumb down your charming, seated dinner parties because of a few outlaws. We, the purveyors of fish knives and strawberry forks, are a dying ...

Miss Manners: Is this the secret reason people find ‘ma’am’ and ‘sir’ offensive these days?

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

Dear Miss Manners: My hostel stay was spoiled by a hostile staff

Miss Manners says, "There are ... a number of ways to voice your displeasure to a wider audience online, but that will ...

Miss Manners: Hostile hostel worker yelled at me for not cleaning my room well enough

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a freelance journalist who has been living, off and on, in the private room of a hostel off the beaten path. I love the place because it’s gorgeous and usually has excellent ...