For any gender, using the bathroom is an eyes-on-your-own-paper sort of activity. Smiling, eye contact and small talk should ...

Miss Manners asks, "Why is it that your friends are dictating what time they show up at your house in the first place?" ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A car wash I patronize has two single-occupant washrooms, one labeled “Men,” the other “Ladies.” I had ...

Dear Miss Manners: About a year ago, I met the man of my dreams, and he and I are planning a future together. I have a ...

Dear Miss Manners: My parents decided to throw us a housewarming party — the day after we moved our family of five into a new ...

Boyfriend’s dad “is adamant that he will not come over” until couple gets rid of their pet snakes. Dear Miss Manners: My ...

The woman stood at the toilet, partly facing me, smiling, then dropped her slacks and underwear, giving me a view.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am wondering if it would be crass or in poor taste to give a new widow a thoughtful sympathy card with ...

I find it impractical to spend a couple hundred dollars on a floral arrangement that will soon be dead, and would prefer to ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am wondering if it would be crass or in poor taste to give a new widow a thoughtful sympathy card with ...

We’re only allowed to buy our grandchild gifts from a strictly curated list and it’s taken the joy out of it; Miss Manners pushes back on cancer as a “war.” ...

Miss Manners: The women at work ignored me whenever I spoke. What should I have done? Miss Manners: Can I, as the host, abandon the rowdy drinkers? Miss Manners: She won’t shut up about how ...