DEAR MISS MANNERS: My birthday is a few days after the new year. It’s a very easy date to miss altogether in the shadow of December and New Year’s celebrations. Miss Manners: My new co-workers are ...

Dear Miss Manners: It’s frigid cold here these days, but that didn’t stop a huge turnout for a very popular food truck. The lines were pretty long, both to order and to pick up, but people passed the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When did people become so insecure that they take offense at pretty much everything? Related Articles Miss Manners: Here’s why ‘sir’ and ‘ma’am’ aren’t appropriate anymore Miss ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was in my friend’s wedding a year ago, and now her anniversary is coming up. However, in the last six months, it does not seem like the marriage is going well, and I’m honestly ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A friend of ours constantly passes his cellphone around our dinner table to share photos. My husband is immunocompromised, and so we are careful of germ exposure. We don’t want to ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have long been troubled by the carol “We Wish You a Merry Christmas,” specifically the intimation that if we don’t give the uninvited guests their figgy pudding, they “won’t go.” ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Several years ago, a divorced woman exactly my age moved in next door. I liked her very much and tried to become friends with her. Although she was chatty enough outside the house, ...

Dear Miss Manners: How does one handle being offered alcohol when you choose not to drink? I got a DUI 2 years ago, and I will NEVER drink and drive ever again. I’ve been in numerous situations where ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: How do I respond to some common shaming I get from people I know? For background, I am a female member of the LGBTQIA+ community, and have many dear friends who are members of other ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: How do you gently decline Christmas invitations from a friend when the people they invite are all couples, and the women don’t really like you? We are all seniors. Miss Manners: I ...

Dear Annie: I don’t normally write in, but your advice to “Balancing Burdens,” the woman who was on the fence about telling her stressed and busy daughter about the recurrence of her cancer, was ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My signature perfume is a well-known — and expensive — classic scent. Related Articles Miss Manners: My new co-workers are invading my privacy Miss Manners: I’m a regular at the ...