I love being a mom, don’t get me wrong. And I love my sons. But this drives me bananas. I’m not these people’s mom!

I asked a man sitting in front of me at a college musical to remove his distracting baseball cap, which he did. My wife later ...

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Years later, my father died suddenly. My uncle was supportive to me then, and my boyfriend was cordial to him as a kindness ...

If I bring a food item that I prepared, and it turns out that someone else brought a similar item, is it impolite for the ...

An apology for past racist jokes would be nice, but the letter writer’s uncle won’t even admit he made them. Dear Miss ...

From my friends’ moms (“You’re too young for gray hair!”) to professors (“You should really dye your hair; you look so old”) ...

Dear Miss Manners: I started going gray at age 14, so I’ve gotten a lot of comments about my appearance over the last 20 ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was walking in the humanities building of the university where I am a graduate student. I turned the corner of the hallway that leads to the offices and saw one of my professors ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My wife has a terminal illness and has been undergoing treatment for several months. Many of her close friends have been very generous with meals, cards and flowers, for which ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: About two years ago, I completely and successfully left all social media behind. I also limited my texting to essential information. It has been largely a wonderful change in my ...