In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a reader whose good friend keeps suggesting lunch dates, but they don't want to attend.

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An etiquette program in Alexandria teaches children social skills. Students in first through fifth grade learn manners such as shaking hands and proper table settings. The course, taught by Carolyn ...

Peering into recent history, one sees many signs of decorum, from neat dress and polite conversation to deferential rituals of greeting and hierarchy. Why have the habits of the Upstairs/Downstairs ...

Dear Heloise: In response to Diane T. in Arizona, I had the opposite happen to me. I had been going to a hairdresser for many, many years. It was my hairdresser who started to not be on time. My time ...