DEAR MISS MANNERS: I teach seventh grade in a suburban school. I have noticed an increasingly unsettling trend as I walk around the room to check on students: Nobody says “yes, please” or “no, thank ...

My friends and family also have this problem — my parents especially, since their home is rather remotely located, which ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A very dear, lifelong friend received a life-changing inheritance. She then gave me her inherited luxury automobile. I don’t know how to stop saying “thank you.” How do you ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My fiance has a friend who tries to pinch pennies anywhere he can, but who also brags about how much money he makes. Miss Manners: Was our toast to this fellow diner the appropriate ...

Was I wrong to insist on picking up my items at that time? Should I have left and waited for the lady to text me?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I teach seventh grade in a suburban school. I have noticed an increasingly unsettling trend as I walk around the room to check on students: Nobody says “yes, please” or “no, thank ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin offers advice on how to politely turn away door-to-door ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: We did not receive an invitation to our niece’s wedding. I am not aware of her new address, as she has moved out of her parents’ home. I am wondering if it would be appropriate for ...

Dear Miss Manners: I was invited to a brunch as the only guest. The hosts live in a 6,000-square-foot mansion, of which all of the rooms could be photographed for a slick architectural magazine.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: We did not receive an invitation to our niece’s wedding. I am not aware of her new address, as she has moved out of her parents’ home. I am wondering if it would be appropriate for ...

I am a young college student, but my dilemma seems to be shared by almost everyone I know. On campus and at home, I am ...

Dear Miss Manners: We need major publicity to get across a matter of etiquette for concert and theater attendees: Wait until the curtain call is over and everyone has had a chance to take their bows ...