Miss Manners: I have to display my friend’s tacky gifts or she gets upset

Please send your questions to Miss Manners at missmanners.com, by email to [email protected], or through postal mail ...

Miss Manners: My friend uses me to help him meet women

Miss Manners suggests you continue to acknowledge what they believe to be a compliment and stop answering when they get intrusive (or even before). Eventually the novelty of you looking fit will wear ...

Miss Manners: Is it rude to demand an RSVP for my upcoming celebration?

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to whether suggesting non-responders will be excluded ...

Miss Manners: I have a new strategy for getting RSVP responses; what do you think?

GENTLE READER: This sounds like a theoretical exercise for you, so while Miss Manners agrees that it should not be too much ...
Anchorage Daily News

Miss Manners: Single check, individual checks — and how NOT to handle

DEAR MISS MANNERS: We went to breakfast this morning with four people total, and I informed the waitress beforehand that we’d ...

Miss Manners: If you tell a server the group would like a single bill, are you not volunteering to pick up the tab?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: We went to breakfast this morning with four people total, and I informed the waitress beforehand that we’d ...

Miss Manners: A question about RSVP etiquette answered

Please let us know by the 7th if you will be coming. If we don’t hear from you by then, we will assume you will not be ...
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Miss Manners: Putting a deadline on RSVPs might be a step too far

GENTLE READER: This sounds like a theoretical exercise for you, so while Miss Manners agrees that it should not be too much ...

Miss Manners: I want to give guests an RSVP deadline so I can plan my party properly

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Confusion over breakfast bill

We went to breakfast this morning with four people total, and I informed the waitress beforehand that we'd like separate, individual checks. One of the participants piped up when I said that, saying ...

Miss Manners: Offer to pay restaurant bill results in confusion for diners

This was disruptive to at least one person, who had anticipated paying their separate check via a card, and who didn’t ...

Miss Manners: I thought he was offering to pay the bill, and things got awkward

DEAR MISS MANNERS: We went to breakfast this morning, four people total, and I informed the waitress beforehand that we’d ...