Dear Miss Manners: A very long time ago, my husband and I were invited to dinner at a restaurant by a colleague of his. I had ...

They went to dinner with her husband’s colleague and his wife – who very rudely shut down a conversation with the letter ...

Miss Manners suggests you use your charm to comment favorably when your colleagues do especially good work. DEAR MISS MANNERS ...

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his mom didn’t send him with spending money, let alone send along some cookies or otherwise offer to contribute something to ...

Where your friend offended most was when she all but told you she was sticking you with the expenses: joining the shopping ...

If those are not provided, ask. Then Miss Manners suggests you hold it discreetly over the bottom of the glass or goblet stem ...

Should the letter writer say something to her neighbor over her skirts and dresses that “keep getting shorter”?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: As a paid member of a tennis center, I was able to bring a nonmember friend to play at an event.At that occasion, she met other members, who invited her to return in the future ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m in my late 70s and enjoy spending time with my adult children. My son-in-law drives a van, which is very hard for me to get into. I would prefer to take our car, ...

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DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m a university professor and a woman in her early 30s. I was attending a talk and arrived late. The only place to sit was a small couch, big enough to seat two (or perhaps ...