In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to reciprocating family hospitality when boyfriend's ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I often hear someone say something along the lines of, “We politely ask that you refrain from ...” or “We ...

She is the kind of person who always has SOMETHING wrong. Her complaints sometimes differ, but they all have one thing in ...

Dear Miss Manners: About a year ago, I met the man of my dreams, and he and I are planning a future together. I have a ...

GENTLE READER: The correct form is, “We respectfully ask (or decline),” which Miss Manners would normally agree is silly, ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I prepared some hand-dipped chocolate goodies and delivered them to a couple of ladies in my neighborhood.

Not only is this more polite, Miss Manners assures you, but if you are truly an expert in any given field, waiting it out ...

Judith Martin's Miss Manners column has chronicled the continuous rise and fall of American manners since 1978. Readers send Miss Manners not only their table ...