DEAR MISS MANNERS: Each year, Halloween heralds my own personal horror: the season during which my family harasses me to ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a writer and editor by profession, so I read books with a critical eye. I bought a book written by an acquaintance of several years (nonfiction). I read the book and found ...

Miss Manners is sorry to see the end of an ancient tradition that was one of the hallmarks of civilization. As you have ...

I have tried to gently explain this to my family, yet they are adamant that I should give them a list. My sister has taken to ...

Letter writer abhors their family’s tradition of providing each other with a list of potential Christmas gifts.

GENTLE READER: Yes, these are oral versions of what Miss Manners has come to think of as the modern template for expression: ...

I understand that the favorite topic of conversation for most people is themselves, but what happened to a two-way ...

"I understand that the favorite topic of conversation for most people is themselves, but what happened to a two-way conversation?" ...

At work, it’s been harder. I’m frequently in meetings where a colleague is so long-winded that if someone doesn’t interrupt, ...

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GENTLE READER: You have neglected to mention to Miss Manners how you addressed it here. If you said, “I’m sorry, but I seem ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have now been to three (!) weddings where I found out that the couple was already married, and just going through the motions. The first was a couple who had gotten legally ...