Miss Manners understands that people who have trouble saying no might be sorry to disappoint those who importune them. Or ...

None of these people have ever socialized with me, so I find it odd and awkward that they would suddenly invite themselves.

"Ms." is an abbreviation of the honorific “Mistress,” which was the respectable equivalent of “Mister,” to be used regardless ...

Miss Manners suggests you use your charm to comment favorably when your colleagues do especially good work. DEAR MISS MANNERS ...

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

She's concerned with how the cards are addressed. Miss Manners is concerned with maintaining a business-like relationship.

Miss Manners: I can only imagine what they assume when I have to decline invitations.

Miss Manners feels certain that you will not have to get much further than the second sentence before your friend realizes what she is asking, starts to panic and retreats.

We’re only allowed to buy our grandchild gifts from a strictly curated list and it’s taken the joy out of it; Miss Manners pushes back on cancer as a “war.” ...

Miss Manners: E-cards still can’t replace handwritten notes Letter writer has lost the ability to write nicely by hand and wonders if electronic thank-you cards suffice.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Sometimes I get a thinking-of-you greeting card, or something similar, out of the blue from a friend. I feel like the mannerly thing to do, now that there’s text and email, is ...