DEAR MISS MANNERS: For the last 12 years, I’ve worked as a member of a tight-knit office within a much bigger organization. My co-workers have been here even longer. We know each other well because we ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A genteel, proper tea at a traditional hotel requires one to sit demurely at a table too diminutive for any other posture, while awaiting the arrival of the scones, cream and jam.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a very close friend I have known for a long time. I enjoy seeing her and her husband. However, whenever we go out to dinner, she always tells me to make the restaurant ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is it rude to ask someone alone with a laptop at a coffeeshop to share the table? GENTLE READER: On the contrary: It seems like pretty good assurance that neither of you will have ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: We are a blended family. I invited our adult children to Thanksgiving. They responded by asking if “other people,” i.e. non-family members, might be there. I said possibly. They ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: What is the etiquette for who cooks the turkey for Thanksgiving dinner? We have family members who requested that our daughter cook and bring the turkey — after she makes a 12-hour ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I have added a dog to our family. We tried to work with many different animal shelters and rescues, but it just did not work out for us to go that route. We also did ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I work at a nonprofit that prides itself on being all-volunteer, with no boss. Decisions are made at monthly meetings. Having worked 35 years at a job with bosses, I understand that ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a dinner event I attended at a hotel, the tables were 10-foot rounds with tablecloths that went to the floor. The dinner was buffet style, but we were all wearing semi-formal ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I know you’re going to think this is a made-up letter, but I assure you it’s not. But then, I’d say that even if it were, wouldn’t I? When one has been invited to stay overnight in ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a dinner event I attended at a hotel, the tables were 10-foot rounds with tablecloths that went to the floor. The dinner was buffet style, but we were all wearing semi-formal ...