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

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With no ushers or signage available for guidance, we selected option C as the most sensible. This apparently was incorrect, ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: One of the highlights of our trip to Paris was an opera performance at the Palais Garnier. The opera, “Médée” by Cherubini, is in excess of four hours, with two brief intermissions.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is it OK to comment on a co-worker’s new hairstyle or fashion choices? For context, I am a man and work mostly with women. I would only ever share positive comments, such as, “I ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: One of the highlights of our Paris trip was an opera performance at the Palais Garnier. The opera, “Medee” by Cherubini, is in excess of four hours, with two brief intermissions. We ...

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 ...

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

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

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

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Many of my soon-to-be in-laws are upset that we don’t have a wedding registry, and also that they don’t ...