Dear Miss Manners: In a supermarket, I had a conversation with the family of a very noisy child, about 6 years old. I ...

Why must members of the public be disrespected by unruly, misbehaving, noisy children, and then defended by adults who should know better?

Do I tell them it’s fake? Their generosity is endearing. I certainly don’t want to embarrass them, but I also don’t want them ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am the youngest of three brothers, and have always been close to my brother who is three years older ...

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Dear Miss Manners: My signature perfume is a well-known — and expensive — classic scent. For my last birthday I received not ...

If we have dinner at the home of one of my stepsons, we contribute food. If we go out to dinner, we always pay.

Joe Alwyn, Emily Watson and brothers Noah and Jacobi Jupe costar in Hamnet. “It was so light on set,” Buckley tells PEOPLE of ...

A growing list of the bride-to-be’s “inappropriate” wedding choices has become the family’s favorite topic, and they are ...

Miss Manners: Everybody says I just need to find the right woman. I did. She died. Miss Manners: Criticizing someone’s children can be a minefield. What do I do? Miss Manners: Don’t tell me what to do ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have embraced a hobby that is seeing a resurgence amongst young people: knitting. But I’m concerned it may be impolite to knit in the presence of others. For instance, is knitting ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A genteel, proper tea at a traditional hotel requires one to sit demurely at a table too diminutive for any other posture, while awaiting the arrival of the scones, cream and jam.