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

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

She plans to bring her annoying poodle to dinner and the opera. Her friends want to bow out. Dear Miss Manners: My husband ...

Dear Miss Manners: I have a good friend who is the polar opposite of me on politics, religion and almost every other subject.

Is it okay that this friend group has a tradition of paying for their own meals and covering the check for a friend whose ...

Dear Miss Manners: My first pregnancy has been 10 years in the making due to infertility. I would like to tell some specific ...

A letter writer finds a pair of racy underwear that isn’t theirs in their laundry. Dear Miss Manners: I live near a ...

Dear Miss Manners: My children’s school district is the first organization I’ve dealt with in my professional career in which ...

Why does she keep inviting the letter writer to dinner when she clearly doesn’t have the time to entertain?

Dear Miss Manners: I am disabled, and I use a walker to get around. While I am somewhat used to small children asking ...

A letter writer is offended they were invited to the wedding shower but not the wedding of a friend’s daughter.

A friend likes to involve service people in the conversation he’s having with the letter writer. Dear Miss Manners: I have a gregarious friend who likes to involve service people, such as cashiers and ...