GENTLE READER: Texts are not letters -- they are not even emails -- so while Miss Manners has not seen what your sister is ...

Frequently, her messages have an incorrect word or two, and they are often very confusing -- lacking context or just ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: After a meal at a restaurant, my mother is in the habit of vigorously rubbing both of her hands with one ...

I have asked Mother repeatedly to stop her handwashing at the table. She makes a great show of this, and I find it ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: After a meal at a restaurant, my mother is in the habit of vigorously rubbing both of her hands with one ...

The way we behave at the table often mirrors how we show up in life—patient, distracted, kind, or quietly self-centered.

Step back to 1960s Virginia, when dinner was sacred, manners mattered, and family rituals ruled the table, traditions that ...

Your doctor’s practice has probably survived without your encouragement. And Miss Manners supposes that the people who ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have asked my friends to help me swap an engine on my pickup truck, and they have generously agreed. Mechanic etiquette says that if your friends are helping you on a car project, ...

While some might say it's just the way things are now, others believe that bringing back certain etiquette rules can actually ...