I came home and my mom said, “By the way, are you hungry? I did cook you some dinner, but I ate it.” It would’ve been better ...

GENTLE READER: “I’m thinking about thanking you, but I probably won’t.” Please send your questions to Miss Manners at ...

If your friend seems chilly or distant, Miss Manners suggests you cautiously bring up the incident and apologize. But if she ...

It is in the interest of restaurants to have dissatisfied customers speak up, so that errors are corrected and they go home ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Some relatives and I were told of a baby shower for a distant cousin. No formal invitations were sent; we ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin advises customers to speak up politely when their order is ...

What is the appropriate thing to do or say when one’s restaurant order is wrong? I simply ate the salad and said nothing.

But Miss Manners acknowledges that there is also the less blameworthy impulse to offer comfort -- not just sympathy -- when ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin offers a witty comeback for situations when people mention ...

Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, [email protected]; or ...

It is in the interest of restaurants to have dissatisfied customers speak up, so that errors are corrected and they go home ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My soon-to-be husband and I are planning our wedding, and are having a disagreement on how to address the ...