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 ...

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 ...

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

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I got married at an early age, but the marital bliss was short-lived as my wife died a few years later.

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

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I got married at an early age, but the marital bliss was short-lived as my wife died a few years later.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Do you thank your neighbor for paying you to watch over their home while they were away? GENTLE READER: ...

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

GENTLE READER: Wash your hands at the time appointed, hold hands during the prayer, and then, when everyone else starts to ...