DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I do not speak the same native language. As he is very close to his large family, he spends a lot of time talking on the phone to them in his language. As our ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is there a polite way to deal with those relatives who constantly tease you, make fun of you and remind you of the stupid, mean things you did when you were young? Naturally enough, ...

FAYETTEVILLE -- Two by two, the little gentlemen and the little ladies pair up on the dance floor of the Highland Country Club ballroom. The boys in their blazers, neckties and khaki slacks lead the ...

MY SKILLS TO THE TEST. AFTER YEARS OF WHAT SOME WOULD CALL LACKLUSTER HUMAN INTERACTION, HAVE WE FORGOTTEN OUR OWN GOLDEN RULES? YES. COVID DIDN’T HELP. AND, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT THINGS ARE BACK TO ...

I teach a class for high school freshmen, and one recent morning, I felt something whiz past my ear. Before I could process it, a second one hit me right in the side of the head. It was a mini ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – A Middle Tennessee native is on a journey to revive the lost art of etiquette. When she’s not being the records coordinator at the Nashville Fire Department’s Headquarters, ...

Lani Brockman, artistic director of Studio East in Kirkland, knows. It was her idea to take a classic fairy tale and turn it into a sort of sibling rivalry between a pampered baby bear and a little ...

In the grand scheme of things, the lack of a “please” isn’t one of the world’s biggest problems, and kindness is more important than an automatic “thank you”. But when I’ve stood up from the table ...

Dear Miss Manners: My friend’s husband is learning English. He is kind and obliging and adores his wife, but nobody seems to have told him about “language.” His conversation is riddled with ...

Dear Miss Manners: I have an acquaintance who is a big fan of your work. Apparently in service of that, he often corrects other people's manners in ways that can be aggressive and even, on occasion, ...