DEAR MISS MANNERS: I had a quick cough, just a tickle. Do I have to apologize to the people around me? I didn’t do it ...

Even just a text wishing her a happy birthday is met with a photo of her oceanfront view and talk of how blessed she is ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to handling a relative who constantly brags about ...

GENTLE READER: Memorize this phrase and repeat it after every brag: “How nice FOR you.” For some reason, Miss Manners finds ...

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

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I shared a cute photo of my daughter with several other mothers by creating a group text. It was a single ...

She often says she wants to “take me out on the town” to “get crazy.” So far, she’s never followed through with any of these ...

GENTLE READER: “Thank you.” This is regardless of whether or not the comments are complimentary. For the ones that are not, ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m in my late 70s and enjoy spending time with my adult children. My son-in-law drives a van, which is very hard for me to get into. I would prefer to take our car, ...

Dear Miss Manners: This happened to my husband at the grocery store: It was raining, and a row of dripping-wet shopping carts stood in an area near the door.Customers could take a cart, then use ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have been married to my husband for eight years. While I am kind and conversational with his mother, he completely ignores mine. He has never called her by her first name, or ...

The wife shut me down immediately with something along the lines of, “I’d rather listen to what the men are talking about.” ...