Discover the top 10 most-read Miss Manners columns of 2025, featuring advice from Judith Martin on etiquette, family ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is it considered rude to take photos of the interior of a friend’s home (the living room), just to show my ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Last year a neighbor had a Christmas party. She invited a lot of people and it was quite crowded. She made ...

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GENTLE READER: Nice try: Even though no telephone number was provided and no response explicitly requested, etiquette still ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is it considered rude to take photos of the interior of a friend’s home (the living room), just to show my ...

But if you forget, or run into a similar problem with someone else — and phone-passing has become a widespread nuisance of ...

This is really annoying, verging on passive-aggressive. I’ve told her many times she should not send me gifts, that a card is ...

I have a friend from childhood who is a wealthy, narcissistic hoarder. This means she spends all her time buying needless crap from the bargain bins of every box store you can imagine. For example, ...

Dear Miss Manners: I was in line at a busy cosmetics store. The line wasn’t moving very fast when the woman behind me asked ...