I don’t want to offend anyone by implying their treats aren’t good enough for us, but I also don’t want food to go to waste.

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

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DEAR MISS MANNERS: My family enjoys hosting casual open house-type parties. Whoever wants to stop by can do so at their ...

I am wondering if it would be crass or in poor taste to give a new widow a thoughtful sympathy card with money in it, rather ...

That would indeed stretch the food. But assuming they are separate: ...

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That would indeed stretch the food. But assuming they are separate: ...

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

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a tremor in my hands, worse in my dominant hand, and it affects my table manners. In public, I try to choose foods that are relatively easy for me to handle, but I often have ...

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

DEAR MISS MANNERS: One of the highlights of our trip to Paris was an opera performance at the Palais Garnier. The opera, “Médée” by Cherubini, is in excess of four hours, with two brief intermissions.