DEAR MISS MANNERS: Every time I go out to eat with a particular friend, and there’s another friend with us, she does the ...

If I asked her to bring salt, she would need 3 feet of counter space and 30 minutes to assemble an heirloom salt grinder ...

When we are finished eating and are just sitting around the table talking, she will suddenly jump up without warning and say ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: How does one diplomatically, yet adamantly, state that guests should not bring a dish to supplement your holiday event? I’m frequently asked, “What can I bring?” I always reply, ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a very close friend I have known for a long time. I enjoy seeing her and her husband. However, whenever we go out to dinner, she always tells me to make the restaurant ...

Unlike Miss Manners’ preferred solution, which you mention, your proposed response also forfeits the sympathy of everyone in ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a high school senior who usually sits with my friend Oliver in English class. I’ve known him for ...