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Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, [email protected]; ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I need to know if I am justified in feeling miffed. Let me set the scene: I was the second of three people ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was on a tennis team and was eliminated during a tournament. I was supposed to play two matches: I ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a gentleman who strives to live a mannerly life. In that regard, when riding public transportation, I ...
I pickled the vegetables, which were sourced from a farm stand. I baked the bread from wheat milled locally, and the bologna is from a family recipe.
Miss Manners: Years later, I’m wondering what I could have said to this uncalled-for remark Plus: Our new co-worker is nice, but oh my gosh the baby talk ...
Dear Miss Manners: My parents decided to throw us a housewarming party — the day after we moved our family of five into a new ...
Miss Manners suggests redirecting his misguided attempts by saying, “I’m sorry that I don’t understand the gifs and memes you send, but if you would like to chat or go out for a meal or a ...
Husband thinks the letter writer is being silly to worry about making breakfast when repair guys are working in the house.
Miss Manners feels certain that you will not have to get much further than the second sentence before your friend realizes what she is asking, starts to panic and retreats.
Miss Manners: He texts like a bot — but I’m the rude one for calling him out? Plus: He was a horrible houseguest. His missing tendon excuses nothing.
Miss Manners: The wedding dinner is for couples only, but I can’t invite a dead man Plus: The hosts will show a video lauding our son’s cousin. What are our polite options?