In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to how to handle guest interactions and maintain ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: One of our friends is very seriously ill. I hosted a party and assumed they would not be able to attend, ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I are intensely divided over the appropriateness of using the kitchen sink to wash one’s ...

Miss Manners admits you might be in technical compliance were you to force them to change course by stopping in place. But ...

I said I was sorry that she did not feel I was paying her enough, and that she felt the need to seek compensation from my ...

Miss Manners does not care for the snippy remark you received, even if meant as a joke. The way to head off such comments is to immediately say, “And we would like to toast our dear friends ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: We threw a small potluck birthday lunch in the break room for one of our co-workers. About four of us ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: We have a preferred dinner party guest who can’t seem to stop himself from imposing a sales pitch on the party host (me). I’m not interested in the product! How can I ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I love scrapbooking and physical photo albums, and I have several proudly displayed on a shelf in my living room. We love to entertain, and while guests usually see the albums ...