I invited a friend to a concert more than a month ahead of the performance. She said she'd have to get back to me. Two weeks ...

I asked a man sitting in front of me at a college musical to remove his distracting baseball cap, which he did. My wife later ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a question about when it is appropriate to wear a ...

I love being a mom, don’t get me wrong. And I love my sons. But this drives me bananas. I’m not these people’s mom!

An uninvited, vegan plus 1 showed up to the letter writer’s dinner party and promptly criticized all the food. Dear Miss ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Some years ago, my uncle, having never met my then-boyfriend, made a series of racist jokes about him. (My boyfriend is part-Asian.) These jokes were made on my blog ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I started going gray at age 14, so I’ve gotten a lot of comments about my appearance over the last 20 years -- shockingly, ALL from women. From my friends’ moms (“You’re ...

Dear Miss Manners: When I take my sons to the pediatrician or call to make an appointment, the receptionist or nurse always ...

GENTLE READER: Decent people do not, as you said, admonish people directly. Nor do they go looking for trouble. If the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have twice invited a friend to parties after asking if the dates were open for her, and she accepted each time. About a week before each party, she said that she was going to ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My wife has a terminal illness and has been undergoing treatment for several months. Many of her close friends have been very generous with meals, cards and flowers, for which ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I are each attending high school reunions this year. We each had classmates whose parents we were close to at the time, and we’re wondering how to phrase a ...