Miss Manners agrees that ultimatums with friends can be awkward, but in this case, a time limit would have been helpful. Or ...

You can always repeat a greeting to make sure the person heard, but Miss Manners cautions that with more casual acquaintances ...

GENTLE READER: Deliberately ignoring someone who is speaking to you is a high insult, one that is tantamount to severing ...

Last year, my son, his girlfriend and two others were murdered outside a city where “things like this don’t happen.” My other ...

I have discovered that my husband’s small business has been sending out birthday/anniversary cards addressed to clients by ...

Husband’s small business sends out holiday cards to clients without including their titles.

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Gentle Reader: Curiously, the alcohol is clouding everyone’s judgment in this case — even yours, and you are not partaking.

Host who doesn’t drink wants to start cleaning up when husband and guests start getting drunk during dinner parties.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a family member who has done well for herself. She and her partner are in their early 50s and never had kids. They have a massive oceanfront home and travel extensively -- ...

The wife shut me down immediately with something along the lines of, “I’d rather listen to what the men are talking about.” ...

Obviously, eating before the performance is an option, but dining quickly in a Paris restaurant is easier said than done.