GENTLE READER: No, you do not need to stand for a “meh” performance. But Miss Manners also knows that sometimes one has no ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to whether a reader should give a standing ovation ...

As their parent, you have the obligation, in Miss Manners’ opinion, to tell them that you find this embarrassing. When they ...

We cut our stay short due to the terrible odor, primitive accommodations and insufficient space and privately vowed to never ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to whether asking for digital gifts on social media ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a freelance journalist who has been living, off and on, in a private room at a hostel off the beaten ...

My question is how to react when people do not respond to an invitation, nor to a gentle nudge and arrive anyway.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am getting married in a traditional church ceremony. My father, who will be giving me away, has refused ...

Why is it not considered rude to engage me in conversation against my will, but it is considered rude to tell people you don’t want to talk?” ...

I, like you, was raised to be polite. “Ma’am” and “sir” were my normal ways of addressing people. It has been difficult to ...