In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to handling unwanted gifts from a needy friend.

She is a sweet lady, but needy. So, when she visits, we take down art we enjoy and put up the cat-in-the-bathtub picture.

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to handling persistent questioning about weight loss ...

It’s awkward to say no to a kid selling stuff when your employer is their parent. Dear Miss Manners: What do you think about ...

Dear Miss Manners: We have a close friend who gives gifts we are not wild about, but display anyway. If she does not see her ...

Miss Manners suggests you continue to acknowledge what they believe to be a compliment and stop answering when they get intrusive (or even before). Eventually the novelty of you looking fit will wear ...

I have received compliments on the display. My sister commented that it looks like Santa threw up on my mantel.

As shoppers flood stores across the country during the year’s biggest shopping season, retail workers are bracing for what many ...

I would like to know if it’s proper for one person to hand another person a birthday card/Christmas card personally -- not ...

GENTLE READER: This sounds like a theoretical exercise for you, so while Miss Manners agrees that it should not be too much ...

Yeah, I know, it’s always for a good cause, but isn’t that putting people on the spot, and not in very good taste?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: We went to breakfast this morning with four people total, and I informed the waitress beforehand that we’d ...