Or should she back down? GENTLE READER: No. Yes. But isn’t your real question: How do I get this cousin to stop pestering me?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My father, my three siblings and I are having a surprise 80th birthday party for my mother. One of her ...

GENTLE READER: No doubt. You might ask your husband how he would feel about a male co-worker who purchased expensive jewelry ...

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

An apology for past racist jokes would be nice, but the letter writer’s uncle won’t even admit he made them. Dear Miss ...

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 ...

Or should she back down? GENTLE READER: No. Yes. But isn’t your real question: How do I get this cousin to stop pestering me? Miss Manners has an answer for that one, too, which is, “You know, I’m not ...

Miss Manners: How do we introduce our ex-son-in-law and his girlfriend ... How can I help my daughter who is embarking upon ...

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

From my friends’ moms (“You’re too young for gray hair!”) to professors (“You should really dye your hair; you look so old”) ...

Am I being rude? GENTLE READER: No — your daughter is being overly fastidious, as daughters sometimes are. But you could also ...

Slippery little cusses that they are (the oysters, not your fellow diners), they can be speared with that tiny fork that Miss ...