Dear Miss Manners: When I was growing up, my mother was adamant that I learn proper manners, especially at the dinner table. Bad table manners were my mother’s pet peeve, and they became mine, as well ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When I was growing up, my mother was adamant that I learn proper manners, especially at the dinner table. Bad table manners were my mother’s pet peeve, and they became mine, as well ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Less than 48 hours after my husband and I attended a gathering at the home of a couple from our walking group, I received a text from the hostess that read, “I hope you enjoyed the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I teach seventh grade in a suburban school. I have noticed an increasingly unsettling trend as I walk around the room to check on students: Nobody says “yes, please” or “no, thank ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Our niece had a wedding shower recently. Living 1,800 miles away, we declined the invite but purchased a gift costing $100 from the wedding registry and had it delivered. Related ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When I was growing up, my mother was adamant that I learn proper manners, especially at the dinner table. Bad table manners were my mother’s pet peeve, and they became mine, as well ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When I was growing up, my mother was adamant that I learn proper manners, especially at the dinner table. Bad table manners were my mother’s pet peeve, and they became mine, as well ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When I was growing up, my mother was adamant that I learn proper manners, especially at the dinner table. Bad table manners were my mother’s pet peeve, and they became mine, as well ...

Miss Manners: Is it rude to offer your grocery cart to a shopper who’s going in? Miss Manners: Will there be social repercussions for not going to this family’s huge party? Miss Manners: Was I wrong ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: What is the proper way to refuse a gentleman’s invitation for a date? The little white lie seems wrong, and does not discourage the gentleman from issuing more unwanted invitations.

Neighbor “makes it a point to tell me that she and her husband have an investment portfolio worth $1 million-plus.” Dear Miss Manners: I have a neighbor who makes it a point to tell me that she and ...