Dad’s girlfriend showed up to the letter writer’s bowling birthday party and took over. Dear Miss Manners: For my 40th ...

Miss Manners suggests that you indeed return the garment with the note saying it is not yours. Adamant assurances of your ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: We have been friends for many years with a married couple and their adult son. They are a very wealthy and ...

However, we just learned that our companion intends to bring her extremely unruly “comfort” poodle -- not only to the opera, ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin is asked how to get a young couple to send a "thank you" note.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I, along with a friend, purchased hard-to-get opera tickets. We’ve looked forward to ...

I have a number of friends I regularly meet for meals out, as well as for friends’ birthdays. We’ve been friends for going on ...

Dear Miss Manners: A pair of neighbors hosted my wife and me for an impromptu dinner, to which we contributed a nice salad.

Do we have to invite them to join us at a restaurant at some point? If so, may we try to “dilute” them by inviting others?

My friend started a new charity and is asking her circle for donations. But I choose the causes I support carefully and her’s ...

The sign at the health clinic I visit regularly says tipping the valet is not required — so I don’t. But one day, the valet ...

Some medical facilities ban tipping because they pay parking attendants a living wage, and do not want patients with medical ...