DEAR MISS MANNERS: One of my friends endlessly plays with the food she does not want to eat, without ever signaling by the position of her cutlery that she has finished. So all of her fellow diners ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: As a preteen, I was told by someone that it was rude to eat one food on my plate at a time -- that I was supposed to move around my plate, eating bites of each item in succession. I ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: What’s happened to mealtime conversation? We have friends who are perfectly capable of talking about all kinds of interesting subjects, but only so long as there is no food in front ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Every morning, I pick up my son’s neighborhood friend and drive them both to school on my way to work. Miss Manners: My neighbor wants to know how she offended me. I just want her ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Every morning, I pick up my son’s neighborhood friend and drive them both to school on my way to work. My son’s friend is an exemplary young man — polite and respectful in all ways ...

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 ...