DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is it appropriate to discuss events one has hosted or attended, to which one’s interlocutor was not invited? Many people in my social and professional circles talk freely about this ...

The spider crawled onto the palm of the little girl’s hand. She fearlessly let the bug work its way up her arm as she examined it. “Maybe it’s trying to crawl on me, maybe?” she asked. She tried to ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m lucky enough to work at a place where everyone generally gets along very well. We have one newer person who is nice, but has one annoying quirk: She randomly inserts baby talk ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I understand that we shouldn’t talk about religion, nor about politics. Now it’s food that’s verboten. Sports? Please, no! Travel plans or trip reports? Yawn. Health concerns? Yech.