The wife shut me down immediately with something along the lines of, “I’d rather listen to what the men are talking about.” ...

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 ...

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 ...

I should have gotten over this by now, but I fantasize about having left the table in some way. What should I have done? I ...

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

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

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

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

GENTLE READER: A longer-term guest is expected to do more, and Miss Manners agrees your friend fell short. But where the line ...

One of her standard jabs is to bring me a gift with an insult attached. How does a polite person respond to repeated insults ...