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 ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a dinner party at our home, my husband left the table momentarily, and a guest picked up his mug of ...

GENTLE READER: The phrase you want is “How nice FOR you,” with the emphasis on the “for.” Repeat as necessary. Please send ...

I invited a friend to a concert more than a month ahead of the performance. She said she'd have to get back to me. Two weeks ...

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

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to someone who is questioning their own generosity ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have achieved a small degree of social and political success in my community. Unfortunately, that is not the case for my husband. He is a wonderful spouse and does not cheat ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I need to know how I should have responded to a cashier who overstepped. Some background: I had my second child about 15 months ago. My husband and I are not looking to have a ...

A letter writer is convinced the can of tuna their neighbor gave them, in return for borrowing a can, is some kind of snub.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My wife and I are close friends with another couple. We have traveled locally, domestically and ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My wife has a terminal illness and has been undergoing treatment for several months. Many of her close friends have been very generous with meals, cards and flowers, for which ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I are each attending high school reunions this year. We each had classmates whose parents we were close to at the time, and we’re wondering how to phrase a ...