Or should she back down? GENTLE READER: No. Yes. But isn’t your real question: How do I get this cousin to stop pestering me?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My father, my three siblings and I are having a surprise 80th birthday party for my mother. One of her ...

Dear Miss Manners: Some years ago, my uncle, having never met my then-boyfriend, made a series of racist jokes about him. (My ...

GENTLE READER: No doubt. You might ask your husband how he would feel about a male co-worker who purchased expensive jewelry ...

Did the letter writer do the right thing by quickly passing by their injured professor who was getting the help she needed?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was walking in the humanities building of the university where I am a graduate student. I turned the ...

Or should she back down? GENTLE READER: No. Yes. But isn’t your real question: How do I get this cousin to stop pestering me? Miss Manners has an answer for that one, too, which is, “You know, I’m not ...

Years ago, my uncle made insulting, racist jokes on my blog about my then-boyfriend. Now he denies making the jokes at all, and we’re considering banning him from our wedding.

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

Chloe Fineman outed herself as the "Saturday Night Live" castmember who Elon Musk upset to the point of tears, saying when ...

Am I being rude? GENTLE READER: No — your daughter is being overly fastidious, as daughters sometimes are. But you could also ...