Miss Manners understands that people who have trouble saying no might be sorry to disappoint those who importune them. Or ...

"None of these people have ever socialized with me, so I find it odd and awkward that they would suddenly invite themselves." ...

I had no input as to how big this shower has become, and being asked -- no, told -- to pay for it strikes me as inappropriate ...

"Ms." is an abbreviation of the honorific “Mistress,” which was the respectable equivalent of “Mister,” to be used regardless of marital status.

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a bridesmaid who questions if the bridal party ...