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

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?

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 ...

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

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 ...

Dear Miss Manners: I was walking in the humanities building of the university where I am a graduate student. I turned the corner of the hallway that leads to the offices and saw one of my professors ...

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: Some years ago, my uncle, having never met my then-boyfriend, made a series of racist jokes about him. (My boyfriend is part-Asian.) ...

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 ...

Years ago, my uncle made insulting, racist jokes on my blog about my then-boyfriend. Now he denies making the jokes at all, and we’re considering banning him from our wedding.

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