Miss Manners: Our friends’ cabin was awful, but they want to know if we enjoyed it

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin gives a polite way to respond after a reader is asked about a ...

Miss Manners: My friends ignore my invitations, then show up anyway

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a host seeks advice on handling friends who arrive ...

Miss Manners: We hated our friends’ cabin but don’t want to hurt them

You were so kind to let us use the cabin. The area is beautiful and we were so happy to get away ...” Please send your questions to Miss Manners at missmanners.com, by email to ...
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Miss Manners: They graciously allowed us to stay at their lake house ... we privately vowed to never return

Our friends graciously offered us use of their rustic lakeside cabin, as they no longer can travel there themselves. We had a disappointing time and cut our stay short due to the terrible odor, ...

Miss Manners: One rude guest is driving away my grandmother’s friends

I gently hint that if someone is being rude, and the hostess does not ask them to be more mindful, then yes, people will stop ...

Miss Manners: As they say, unexpected guests don’t get fish knives

I am a single man who inherited, from my parents and grandparents, both a love of entertaining and also a great deal of the trappings needed – china, crystal, linen, silver – that other relatives didn ...

Miss Manners: Why is it rude for me not to want to chit-chat, but not rude for you to insist on it?

Miss Manners assures you that you are not being impolite if, after one or two short responses, you find something to do that ...

Miss Manners: Can I host my own baby shower or is that tacky?

Is it in bad taste to throw yourself a baby shower? GENTLE READER: Yes, whether you are the baby, the embryo or the mother.