In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to whether someone should mix or sip a layered ...

GENTLE READER: Sip each layer, knowing that with each subsequent sip, the layers will start to blend. That is part of the ...

GENTLE READER: When a customer gives a scathing account of poor service on retail websites, Miss Manners has noticed, the ...

"Remaining silent is not an option, but I am not sorry for any of my actions and want to reiterate that strongly." ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a very close friend I have known for a long time. I enjoy seeing her and her husband. However, ...

When I was leaving and she was embracing me goodbye, she whispered, “I know you took my socks. There was nobody here but me and you, and they vanished.” I assured her again I did not take her socks. I ...

(She) pulled the tablecloth up from the floor and set it on her lap, proudly saying that she wasn’t going to get any food on ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a dinner event I attended at a hotel, the tables were 10-foot rounds with tablecloths that went to the ...

GENTLE READER: George Washington already did! General Washington, as he correctly wished to be called after his presidency, ...

The woman sitting next to me pulled the tablecloth up and set it on her lap, proudly saying that she wasn’t going to get any food on her gown.

True, it specifically prohibited using the tablecloth to clean one’s teeth, and your dinner companion was at least not guilty ...

Would Miss Manners provide guidance on this practice? GENTLE READER: George Washington already did! Much earlier in life, as a schoolboy, he had copied down a list of etiquette rules circulated by ...