I don’t want to offend anyone by implying their treats aren’t good enough for us, but I also don’t want food to go to waste.

I find it impractical to spend a couple hundred dollars on a floral arrangement that will soon be dead, and would prefer to ...

I am wondering if it would be crass or in poor taste to give a new widow a thoughtful sympathy card with money in it, rather ...

Miss Manners agrees that ultimatums with friends can be awkward, but in this case, a time limit would have been helpful. Or ...

Uninvited neighbors keep showing up to the letter writer’s gatherings. Dear Miss Manners: How can I politely invite someone ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband’s cousin and her husband live a few miles away from us. While their parents were fairly close ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to someone who wonders if they should avoid eating in ...

Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, [email protected]; ...

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 ...

Husband’s small business sends out holiday cards to clients without including their titles.

His clients are professionals between the ages of 30 and 90. I believe that most of them were raised during a time of proper ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a teetotaler. My husband and most of our friends are avid connoisseurs of wine and spirits. Normally, ...