They're only working at this place temporarily and have never socialized with these people. Why do they want to see their new ...

GENTLE READER: In addition to unwritten, the rule is possibly unknown to this neighbor. Miss Manners trusts that you don’t ...

I had no input as to how big this shower has become, and being asked -- no, told -- to pay for it strikes me as inappropriate ...

She immediately said, “I hate it when people say that,” and continued to complain about people always saying that.

"Ms." is an abbreviation of the honorific “Mistress,” which was the respectable equivalent of “Mister,” to be used regardless ...

Dear Eric: I am a middle-aged woman, who, for most of her life was the center of the social scene. I entertained in my home, ...

A reader gets annoyed when the younger, new boyfriend called her a “cougar” in public. Plus, how to answer condescending, ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a teetotaler. My husband and most of our friends are avid connoisseurs of wine and spirits. Miss ...

Miss Manners: Is there a polite way to satisfy my curiosity about the waitress? Miss Manners: The women at work ignored me whenever I spoke. What should I have done? Miss Manners: Can I, as the ...

Miss Manners: My friend has never invited me on to the yacht she lives on She’s been friends with the letter writer for over a decade, so why hasn’t she invited them on to her yacht?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My wife and I disagree on appropriate dinner conversation topics. I feel it is inappropriate to discuss someone’s illness or medical procedures at dinner.