The family members feel entitled to swan in and out, talk with each other and with her ... all while she works to prepare ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to someone who has a question about a mistake they ...

GENTLE READER: It is to our credit, Miss Manners believes, that Americans have an awkward relationship with those who serve ...

An uninvited, vegan plus 1 showed up to the letter writer’s dinner party and promptly criticized all the food.

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

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

GENTLE READER: The best counsel Miss Manners has for you is to invite guests who engage in conversation, so that they are not ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My wife has a terminal illness and has been undergoing treatment for several months. Many of her close friends have been very generous with meals, cards and flowers, for which ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’ve always tipped restaurant servers, hairdressers, pizza delivery drivers and manicurists, of course, understanding that most of these positions do not pay very well and the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: We needed a plumber recently, and during the four hours he was on the job, he spent well over an hour on his phone for non-work-related calls. More and more, it seems that ...

GENTLE READER: Decent people do not, as you said, admonish people directly. Nor do they go looking for trouble. If the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I are acquainted with an older couple, and the lady often “reminds” me that I am disabled. I believe she is simply reminding herself of my status in order to ...