Long-held traditions of civil behavior, or antiquated rules and rituals of days passed? While our generation has much to be proud of, "good manners" is not on the list. We are social, sophisticated, ...

There’s a uniting theme when it comes to manners in Australia: in Australian English, good manners centre on honouring personal autonomy, egalitarianism and not appearing to tell people what to do.

Older generations like Baby Boomers are more comfortable with physical contact than their younger peers. According to a survey from language-learning company Preply, nearly 30% of Gen Z adults even ...

Nowadays, it seems like parents don't want to teach their kids good manners anymore ... addressing people by the properly does matter. In the South, a child would be considered highly rude ...

Dear Miss Manners: At a dinner party at our home, my husband left the table momentarily, and a guest picked up his mug of ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was dining solo, and a family with two small children was seated in my section. One toddler decided to treat the restaurant to prolonged, high-pitched shrieks. I didn’t want to ...

There are a plethora of dining etiquette rules, and a lot of them are commonly used in England. Here are some interesting ...

I feel like I’m living in a reality show, and maybe should be, since there are apparently so many people interested in ...

Indeed, these are all good reasons ... What’s a single diner to do? Send over a cookie? Well, two, so that the other child doesn’t start to shriek. (Notice that Miss Manners assumes that ...

(For that matter, everybody is ... to give you money -- unless it is an oh-go-away pittance. DEAR MISS MANNERS: A good friend of my daughter has invited her and a plus-one to a weekend of wedding ...