So the short answer is: Keep offering seats to ladies if you don’t mind standing; if you do mind, then stay seated. Dear Miss ...

Advice; Miss Manners: I loaned a book to friends that was never returned. What should I have said when I saw it on their shelf? Published: ; Jul. 01, 2024, 9:13 a.m.

When, if ever, do I keep my seat and allow younger men the privilege of offering their seat to the fairer sex?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Over the years, my husband and I have collected a nice variety of books, which we keep in several large bookcases in our small living room. I refer to some of them regularly, as ...

Even if Miss Manners had inherited the crown jewels, she, like your grandmother, would never wear them during the day. But ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a book club meeting at our library, the conversation got slightly off topic for a short period of time. One of the participants said, loudly, “For ...

Miss Manners agrees that you chose a tactful way to spare them the embarrassment of being caught as thieves. But you don’t seriously think that they intended to steal your book, do you?

Dear Miss Manners: My wife and I had a houseguest for a few days, and we fell into discussing some books that I have. She, the guest, expressed interest in borrowing one, but I declined. I am a ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A family member has self-published a memoir of their life as an e-book.Although we are not close and live in different cities, we do enjoy chatting and catching up by phone from ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a book club meeting at our local library, the conversation got slightly off topic for a short period of time. One of the participants said, loudly, “For ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a book club meeting at our library, the conversation got slightly off topic for a short period of time. One of the participants said, loudly, “For (expletive’s) sake ...