Dear Miss Manners: How does one politely, yet firmly, respond to people who insult one’s profession? I am a lawyer, and I say so when I’m asked what my profession is. Some people feel it is ...

Dear Miss Manners: Our son is in his mid-30s and is a successful artist and businessman with a wonderful career.However, he has really terrible table manners, despite our efforts throughout his ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have been married to my husband for eight years. While I am kind and conversational with his mother, he completely ignores mine.

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to whether guests need to follow the "don't show up empty-handed" rule when they've already given a gift.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is it rude not to push a chair back to the table when you exit it? My husband drives me to distraction by leaving chairs pulled out at odd angles away from the table.

We should not have to make a fuss. But until Miss Manners makes her fortune by inventing a solution that works, she will allow you to place your clutch on the table.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I were raised not to put more food on our plates than we would eat, and to stay seated during a meal unless we asked to be excused. Our adult daughter’s ...

The “Good Manners” chart, based on a set of rules devised by the Children’s National guild of Courtesy in UK primary schools in 1889, was issued to Queensland primary schools until the 1960s.

Dear Mister Manners: I can’t begin to count the number of times I’ve eaten out with friends who gobble their entrées before others have theirs, chew with their mouths wide open, reach across ...

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DEAR MISS MANNERS: When sitting at a table that can accommodate one person on each side, what is the best way for two friends to sit? Is it different for a couple?

Ensuring kids have manners is a perennial preoccupation for parents and caregivers. How, then, do you ...