Dear Miss Manners: I was on a tennis team and was eliminated during a tournament. I was supposed to play two matches: I ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Someone I know messaged me about 5:30 p.m., requesting that I call them that evening as they had good news ...

(She) insists that when I am offered another helping of food, it’s rude for me to reply, “No, thank you, I’m full.” ...

Dear Miss Manners: A few years ago, a prominent man in my industry was in town, and in a position to work with me. It would have been a career-making opportunity — and, to be frank, he was ...

GENTLE READER: The last time Miss Manners checked, tennis was played with a single ball, so let’s try and keep our eyes on that and cut out some of the weaving back and forth.

At 81, Judith Martin has been writing as Miss Manners for roughly half her life, doling out etiquette tips and zingers that, since it debuted in 1979, turned her modest Washington Post column into a ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Because I was raised in a strongly evangelical home and painfully walked away from those beliefs, religion is an emotionally distressing subject for me, one that I am only able ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I occasionally email businesses for matters such as product information. What is the correct salutation to use when the recipient, and their gender, is unknown? “To whom it ...

Miss Manners: That’s it ... we’re bringing back gloves Published: Mar. 11, 2025, 8:00 p.m. Judith Martin, known as Miss Manners, answers a question about the benefit of bringing back gloves as ...