GENTLE READER: Blame your mother. Moms are used to taking the fall for their children, and if you are as close as you say, ...

A reader who is uncomfortable with her recently widowed mother-in-law’s request to be called “mom” seeks alternatives and a ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am throwing a 50th birthday party for my spouse that will include lunch, games and an open bar, which ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am throwing a 50th birthday party for my spouse that will include lunch, games and an open bar, which ...

I can’t imagine what his motivation was in sharing information my aunt quite clearly wanted to be kept private. Her own ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My dear neighbor regularly walks their dog on our fairly remote suburban streets, which don’t have ...

As a lifelong opera lover, Miss Manners believes that if you can sit through a cartoon or two in exchange for introducing ...

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

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin advises customers to speak up politely when their order is ...

It is in the interest of restaurants to have dissatisfied customers speak up, so that errors are corrected and they go home happy. In other business transactions, people know that they are entitled to ...