DEAR MISS MANNERS: I don’t know if it’s a faux pas for an adult to cry in public, excepting at a wedding or funeral. I think ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a professor at a small university. One of my colleagues has the annoying habit of entering my office ...

I never want to overstay my welcome. At the same time, I do not want to appear to “drink and run” by leaving too soon.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Would it be wrong for a church member to ask people to leave the church due to disruptive and inappropriate behavior? My husband and I very much enjoy the Christmas Eve services at ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Years ago, my fiancé and I were planning our wedding when one of our parents passed away. We put the entire thing on hold, and then occasionally talked of getting married -- for the ...

Miss Manners hopes it is not to commit the unpardonable rudeness of calling out a guest’s rudeness to her face. (The guest’s face, that is. Once the guest is gone, you are free to try to convince your ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Years ago, my fiance and I were planning our wedding when one of our parents passed away. We put the entire thing on hold, and then occasionally talked of getting married — for the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I went to stay with a dear friend of many years who had moved several states away. Never having stayed at her house before, I was dismayed to find that the television in the main ...