I wonder if “reply all” is the only way to avoid the impression among the group that I do not care about other members.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A colleague just sent me a “friends and family” letter, months after the holidays. In itself, this is fine. I have never received a family letter from them before; we are friendly, ...

GENTLE READER: Unfortunately, your “prettier side” usually involves awkward face-to-face eye contact. Miss Manners therefore requires turning one’s back — while also showing one’s profile and ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a reader who received a "friends and family" letter from a colleague that turned out to be a thinly veiled book advertisement ...

My young adult daughter had plans to go out at about 7 a.m. with a friend. I was awake but in pajamas, making breakfast and tidying up. When I turned around, the friend was right behind me, looking ...

My husband and I will soon be welcoming our fifth child into the world. As we have done with our four other children, we plan on sharing the name we have chosen for our baby when she is born, not ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a reader after one of their family members ...

People went to the trouble of preparing these dishes and bringing them to work to share, and she prayerfully refers to ...

But Miss Manners recognizes that you really, really want to explain the name choice -- and she wishes to reward your restraint. So if you were to include a few sentences of written exposition with the ...

At faith-based organization, one coworker’s prayers before eating offends the letter writer.

With our older children, we have been ready and eager to share how and why we selected their names, but very few people have asked.