GENTLE READER: The last time Miss Manners checked, tennis was played with a single ball, so let’s try and keep our eyes on ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband is the assistant manager at a restaurant, and I am a stay-at-home mom for medical reasons. We get no government assistance. About 17 years ago, my parents bought us a ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was watching a soap opera and one of the characters, a very proper lady, answered her granddaughter’s question with food in her mouth. She did tuck the food into her cheek ...

Miss Manners feels certain that you will not have to get much further than the second sentence before your friend realizes what she is asking, starts to panic and retreats. If she does not, you ...