Dear Miss Manners: My friend and I both have baby girls: Hers is about 6 months old, and mine is 3 months. She has given me a ...

When called “Bob,” I often feign surprise and say, “Oh! Do I know you personally?” When they say no, I reply, “When you ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My friends, all gainfully employed adults, will often invite a group out to dinner or drinks to celebrate ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is it proper for company employees to address customers by their given names? Banks do it, call centers do ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My friends, all gainfully employed adults, will often invite a group out to dinner or drinks to celebrate ...

A letter writer was annoyed when fellow tourists chastised others to remain quiet while they filmed scenery. Dear Miss Manners: I participated in a vintage train excursion. At several points in the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My wife and I were attending a college production of “HMS Pinafore.” A student was sitting directly in front of me wearing a white baseball cap. I could tell the hat was ...

GENTLE READER: It would have been far more insulting, in Miss Manners’ estimation, to have only offered sugar-free foods ... people could disembark to take photos and videos.

During one photo op, some enthusiasts beside ... GENTLE READER: It would have been far more insulting, in Miss Manners' estimation, to have only offered sugar-free foods. This would imply that ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I started going gray at age 14, so I’ve gotten a lot of comments about my appearance over the last 20 years -- shockingly, ALL from women. From my friends’ moms (“You’re ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a young adult who bought a home in one of the highest-cost resort areas of the country – a purchase that strains me financially, but is well worth it. While I love my ...

Banks do it, call centers do it, salespeople do it. I appreciate being called “Mr. Smith” instead of just “Bob,” but it ...