Hosting this way also means that those who have special dietary needs, or who are picky eaters, will have food they can eat.

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

GENTLE READER: Friendship requires reciprocity, so if you are unwilling to listen, at least occasionally, to them talking about the entertainments they enjoy, you will either have to limit your ...

I came home and my mom said, “By the way, are you hungry? I did cook you some dinner, but I ate it.” It would’ve been better ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Some relatives and I were told of a baby shower for a distant cousin. No formal invitations were sent; we ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Some relatives and I were told of a baby shower for a distant cousin. No formal invitations were sent; we ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am undergoing chemotherapy treatment. Several times, when asked how I am feeling, I have mentioned some ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Some relatives and I were told of a baby shower for a distant cousin. No formal invitations were sent; we were invited by word of mouth and received a gift registry link by text ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Some relatives and I were told of a baby shower for a distant cousin. No formal invitations were sent; we ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Some relatives and I were told of a baby shower for a distant cousin. No formal invitations were sent; we ...

But Miss Manners acknowledges that there is also the less blameworthy impulse to offer comfort -- not just sympathy -- when ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Some relatives and I were told of a baby shower for a distant cousin. No formal invitations were sent; we were invited by word of mouth and received a gift registry link by text ...