GENTLE READER: The correct form is, “We respectfully ask (or decline),” which Miss Manners would normally agree is silly, ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a gentleman who strives to live a mannerly life. In that regard, when riding public transportation, I ...

So the short answer is: Keep offering seats to ladies if you don’t mind standing; if you do mind, then stay seated. Dear Miss ...

Now that he’s well beyond retirement age, does the mannerly letter writer still have to give up his seat on public ...

People who have good manners at restaurants never order while talking on the phone simultaneously. It's considered rude to ...