I'm perfectly capable of purchasing clothes for my own kids, but I had come to depend on the ones she had insisted on giving ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My friend and I both have baby girls: Hers is about 6 months old, and mine is 3 months. She has given me a ...

My friend gave me her baby’s hand-me-downs when I had my little girl. But the supposed gift came with unexpected — and ...

Hers is about 6 months old, and mine is 3 months. She has given me a whole bunch of her little girl’ s clothes-- such a high volume of items that some still had the tags on. My friend began offering ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to someone who has a question about passing down baby ...

Dear Miss Manners: My friend and I both have baby girls: Hers is about 6 months old, and mine is 3 months. She has given me a ...

(Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, [email protected]; or ...

Miss Manners, written by Judith Martin and her two perfect children, Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Marin, has chronicled ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My friends, all gainfully employed adults, will often invite a group out to dinner or drinks to celebrate ...

(Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, [email protected]; or ...

GENTLE READER: Unforgivably? As in, so bad as to never be excused, ever? Miss Manners agrees there is an indelicacy to ...

When called “Bob,” I often feign surprise and say, “Oh! Do I know you personally?” When they say no, I reply, “When you ...