I usually say simply, “What a nice surprise,” but I am then left to shuffle place cards, add settings (often unmatched) and ...

Students with the Sylacauga High School chapter of FCCLA (Family, Career and Community Leaders of America) recently received ...

Students with the Sylacauga High School chapter of FCCLA (Family, Career and Community Leaders of America) recently received ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a single man who inherited, from my parents and grandparents, both a love of entertaining and also a great deal of the trappings needed — china, crystal, linen, silver — that ...

I hold formal dinner parties with limited place settings. But there are friends who never respond to my invitations and show up anyway. What’s the best way to accommodate them?

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These are friends of mine, and I do want to entertain them, but I’m afraid I’ll be limiting them to barbecues in the future.

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a host seeks advice on handling friends who arrive without RSVPing.

The moment I realized my eye-rolling at etiquette wasn't about the rules themselves but about the deep shame I felt for not ...

We all know the simple rule of being a guest: when someone graciously offers to treat you to a meal, you don't take advantage ...

Miss Manners hopes, however, that you will not otherwise dumb down your charming, seated dinner parties because of a few outlaws. We, the purveyors of fish knives and strawberry forks, are a dying ...

There are certain truths we hold dear when it comes to good manners. A thoughtful host always ensures their guests feel ...