In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to persistent remarks about a reader's appearance ...

Dear Miss Manners: In a supermarket, I had a conversation with the family of a very noisy child, about 6 years old. I ...

Do I tell them it’s fake? Their generosity is endearing. I certainly don’t want to embarrass them, but I also don’t want them ...

Therefore, it may not be worth the awkwardness of telling the givers that they were duped. They will have no choice but to ...

I can’t stop thinking about it, as it is very hurtful to me. I did call my older brother twice, and he said a birthday ...

I can’t stop thinking about it, as it is very hurtful to me. I did call him twice, and he said a birthday present would be ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My signature perfume is a well-known -- and expensive -- classic scent. For my last birthday I received not one, but two generous gifts of this perfume: one from a dear lifetime ...

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

Dear Miss Manners: My signature perfume is a well-known — and expensive — classic scent. For my last birthday I received not ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I love to cook and to host dinner parties, and we have many friends who reciprocate. The wife of one of ...

He was married briefly, then became a widower. He's got no intention of looking for another long-term relationship.

If we have dinner at the home of one of my stepsons, we contribute food. If we go out to dinner, we always pay.