Eventually, the conversation becomes more animated than I can keep up with, as voices get a bit louder and arguments a little ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A very long time ago, my husband and I were invited to dinner at a restaurant by a colleague of his. I had ...

They went to dinner with her husband’s colleague and his wife – who very rudely shut down a conversation with the letter ...

GENTLE READER: Memorize this phrase and repeat it after every brag: “How nice FOR you.” For some reason, Miss Manners finds ...

The men promised they wouldn’t talk shop, but they did -- throughout the entire meal. There was no inclusion of us women. I ...

Dear Miss Manners: A very long time ago, my husband and I were invited to dinner at a restaurant by a colleague of his. I had ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a family member who has done well for herself. She and her partner are in their early 50s and never ...

BBC Radio 2’s Sara Cox has revealed she tracks her children using Apple’s Find My Friends feature when they’re apart. The 50-year-old broadcaster shares three teenage children, Renee, Lola and Isaac ...

More formal affairs persist at some country clubs in Dallas or Atlanta, but in places like Austin or Des Moines or Denver, where the national organization JDW Cotillions is based, the experience is ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A very long time ago, my husband and I were invited to dinner at a restaurant by a colleague of his. I had not met the colleague or his wife prior to the dinner. The men ...

This image of blissful, unconscious risk taking, of embracing mess in all its forms, was unexpectedly brought about by my caramelized peach split. Full of booze and cream, ready to be tucked into by a ...

DEAR FOCUSED: Yes, it is possible to love someone and ignore the one flaw in the diamond. But what should concern you is not ...