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Miss Manners: Sharing a table

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

Miss Manners: Afternoon tea etiquette has me second-guessing myself

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to the age-old question of whether using fingers or ...

Dear Miss Manners: There’s a question in my tea party treatise

I lifted pastry to lips using my fingers and held each successively smaller remainder until all was consumed.” ...

Miss Manners: ‘Oh, I didn’t put it on my calendar, apologies’

So while Miss Manners understands your annoyance, she suggests an alternative to silence that is still not snippy: “Oh, I am ...

Miss Manners: Should I respond to my friend’s last-minute cancellation?

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to when someone forgets your scheduled plans.

Miss Manners: Friend dismisses planned get-together as an afterthought; do I tolerate that?

So while Miss Manners understands your annoyance, she suggests an alternative to silence that is still not snippy: “Oh, I am ...

Miss Manners: Can’t stomach a massive sushi roll? Miss Manners has an unorthodox approach

Miss Manners does not usually condone deconstructing food in public, but these are desperate times. Use your chopsticks to ...
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Miss Manners: Tight budgets can make it hard to make all dating relationships equal

If she does not want to entertain her gentleman friend in her home, what are some low-cost options that she might offer as a ...

Miss Manners: Is it rude to ignore a friend’s annoying text?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My friend and I were discussing dating reciprocity, and we both agree that even with “old-fashioned” ...

Miss Manners: Friend I haven’t seen in a year canceled plans at the last minute

Oh, I did not put this in my calendar and we are leaving in a couple days to go overseas. Let’s reconnect in the fall.