There’s a uniting theme when it comes to manners in Australia: in Australian English, good manners centre on honouring personal autonomy, egalitarianism and not appearing to tell people what to do.

Nowadays, it seems like parents don't want to teach their kids good manners anymore. When you go to a restaurant, it's not uncommon to see a child on their iPad or disrespecting their parents.

However well-meaning this family is, Miss Manners can understand that it creates a nuisance for your daughter, who is trying ...

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In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to someone who is bothered by unhelpful advice from ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My wonderful partner and I will soon ... when they pretty much ghosted him. He’s actually on good terms with his ex-wife now, but was hurt that most of those in her circle ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My mother-in-law and I have a good relationship -- fairly uncomplicated, if a bit surface-level. I’ve been married to her son for 11 years, and he and I have been able to ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Please tell me the correct way to eat oysters. GENTLE READER: Do not believe those who advise you to ...

The price tag on her can was within a few cents of what I paid for the albacore.Her action was deliberate. Never again.

Dear Miss Manners: I was picking up food at a restaurant ... when they pretty much ghosted him. He’s actually on good terms with his ex-wife now, but was hurt that most of those in her circle ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A good friend of my daughter has invited her and a plus-one to a weekend of wedding events. My daughter’s boyfriend can’t go, and she wants me to go as her plus-one.