When they go out to eat her mom makes a big show of washing her hands at the table with lemons and drinking glass water.

"I’m expected to go along with this farce and play the Wedding Guest: dressing up, sitting through it all, congratulating ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: After a meal at a restaurant, my mother is in the habit of vigorously rubbing both of her hands with one ...

Dear Miss Manners: My cousin, with whom my husband and I are very close, is getting married. Unfortunately, there are a few problems. The initial issues included our limited finances, transportation ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When the bride’s parents pay for the wedding, should they not be able to invite at least half of the guests? Our daughter has been engaged for almost two years and has a baby with ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My cousin, with whom my husband and I are very close, is getting married. Unfortunately, there are a few problems. The initial issues included our limited finances, transportation ...

Miss Manners: I’m told I should be nice and pretend it’s a real wedding Miss Manners ... threatening to unfriend me. So is ...

A reader gets a social media message from a past acquaintance, who researched his “challenging” career history. What would ...

Dear Miss Manners: My husband’s niece was engaged to be married in the summer, but the wedding was moved up because she and her fiance decided they couldn’t wait. Their ages are 19 and 18, ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: On our neighborhood app, one of my neighbors cautioned that two young men had recently knocked on her door ...