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 ...

Miss Manners herself once managed one carry-on bag to the Wagner festival at Bayreuth — encompassing 10 formal evenings — with one evening dress and a different look every night.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’ve noticed that some mature women do not change how they apply makeup as they get older, which makes their maturing features begin to look, well, clownlike. Miss Manners: My ...

Miss Manners: I let my child pick her party guests, and she picked wrong How do I persuade her to include the neighbor she deems 'rude'?

Miss Manners: I yelled at the people on the bus. It did not feel great. The college students seem stunned when a passenger wants to exit ...