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 ...

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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DEAR MISS MANNERS: One of the highlights of our trip to Paris was an opera performance at the Palais Garnier. The opera, ...

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

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 ...