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 ...

Dear Miss Manners: I am a young adult who bought a home in one of the highest-cost resort areas of the country — a purchase ...

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

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to someone who is unsure how to properly eat oysters.

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 ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My wife and I are close friends with another couple. We have traveled locally, domestically and ...

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.

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