"None of these people have ever socialized with me, so I find it odd and awkward that they would suddenly invite themselves." ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was visiting a dear friend’s home a few days after her husband died. While I was there, her adult daughter arrived from out of town. I had not met her before. We were introduced, ...

Miss Manners: I’m having a celebration of life for my son, not a funeral Letter writer wonders if people make a distinction between funerals and celebrations of life.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: We are holding a celebration of life for my 28-year-old son at an airplane hangar. I’m saying “Wear anything!” because we want it to be about celebrating his life more ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was wondering if it’s inappropriate to show up for the repast if you have not attended the funeral. My brother-in-law by marriage passed away, and we traveled out of town ...

But Miss Manners is not going to say you should not wear white -- a mourning color in other cultures -- if it makes you feel better.

Advice Miss Manners: I have to bow out of attending a funeral, but there seems to be no good option Published: May. 23, 2025, 11:00 a.m.

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to the polite way to inform family when someone is unable to attend a funeral due to sickness or injury.

Is there any proper etiquette on regifting? GENTLE READER: The etiquette on regifting is not to get caught. The likelihood in this case is too great, and not, in Miss Manners’ opinion, worth the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: What’s the polite, kind thing to do when one must miss a funeral for reasons such as illness or injury? My aunt’s mother just passed away, and the funeral is in a few days.

Advice Miss Manners: Does a ‘celebration of life’ require etiquette adjustments from those of a funeral? Published: Mar. 24, 2025, 6:00 a.m.

Miss Manners, written by Judith Martin and her two perfect children, Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Marin, has chronicled the continuous rise and fall of American manners since 1978.