Dear Miss Manners: I am a college student who lives in the dormitories on campus. The hallways are average-sized — about 5 feet wide — and are never crowded, though residents often have conversations ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: At my partner’s son’s wedding, the first row had names taped on the chairs for assigned seating. Related Articles Miss Manners: The bride is already mad at people, and I don’t want ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I live in a four-family apartment building in a middle-class neighborhood. All of the tenants are very nice people, but the landlord is notoriously unresponsive. I live on the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: We have an older live-in nanny for our two young children. Related Articles Miss Manners: Should we give any warning before our shiny new fence goes up? Miss Manners: This evil ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a dinner party, my companion quietly excused herself after the meal to smoke a cigarette. She went outside, over our nonsmoking hostess’s protestations that inside was fine. As I ...

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DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am planning to invite my daughter’s in-laws to a formal dinner. I plan to host it the way my late almost-aristocratic mother would have done 60 years ago: with fine china, ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am planning to invite my daughter’s in-laws to a formal dinner. I plan to host it the way my late almost-aristocratic mother would have done 60 years ago: with fine china, ...

Dear Miss Manners: We attended a charity event for a homeless shelter — an event we have gone to for several years. This time, there was a guest speaker who was a former client of the shelter. This ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: At my partner’s son’s wedding, the first row had names taped on the chairs for assigned seating. Miss Manners: Call took sudden shift, and I think I said the wrong thing Miss ...

When it comes to dinner parties, nobody wants an uncomfortable guest at the table, but specialists have now disclosed that bizarre eating habits could be far more than simply a character trait - and ...