We both have some logic on our sides, and we do not know if there is a social convention that supersedes our respective ...

Dear Miss Manners: I’m registering a vote to abandon manners in a certain context. Lately telemarketers have a new strategy: ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: This is our second year to host my husband’s family for Thanksgiving. Last year, my brother-in-law and his ...

Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, dearmissmanners@gmail.com; or ...

GENTLE READER: You might offer instead of telling.

Gentle Reader: You are not wrong, but Miss Manners finds herself nonetheless hesitant to condone coasterless beverages, even ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m registering a vote to abandon manners in a certain context. Lately telemarketers have a new strategy: ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My partner and I are working on our plan to handle wedding gifts gracefully. We’re fortunate to have ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My family gets together for holidays: my mom, my brother, his wife, their kids, my husband and me. My ...

I’m registering a vote to ABANDON MANNERS in this one certain context. Lately telemarketers have discovered a new strategy: ...