GENTLE READER: The best counsel Miss Manners has for you is to invite guests who engage in conversation, so that they are not ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a restaurant, I laid my credit card on the table to signal we were ready to pay. My daughter said that ...

In their eyes, such table manners help the kids consume nutritious food in a fuss-free manner and still behave in a way that ...

Child Sims with good manners participate in family chores, say "please" and "thank you", and set the table. Generally, they are helpful and cooperative children. Children with bad manners don't mind ...

Dear Miss Manners: At a restaurant, I laid my credit card on the table to signal we were ready to pay. My daughter said that ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was walking in the humanities building of the university where I am a graduate student. I turned the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was walking in the humanities building of the university where I am a graduate student. I turned the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A woman my husband works with bought him five work shirts. (This is something that happens quite often ...

Years later, my father died suddenly. My uncle was supportive to me then, and my boyfriend was cordial to him as a kindness ...

GENTLE READER: That might encourage uncomfortable follow-up questions for the girlfriend. Miss Manners suggests instead that you introduce them by their names. After doing so, you may add, “Carter is ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a restaurant, I laid my credit card on the table to signal we were ready to pay. My daughter said that was discourteous and I should wait for the server to bring the bill.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a restaurant, I laid my credit card on the table to signal we were ready to pay. My daughter said that was discourteous and I should wait for the server to bring the bill.