Our friends graciously offered us use of their rustic lakeside cabin, as they no longer can travel there themselves. We had a disappointing time and cut our stay short due to the terrible odor, ...

BY JEFF CORBETT At the end of the Christmas holidays, while up in the attic putting away decorations for another year, I stumbled upon an old taped-up ...

Laura Regensdorf lives in Brooklyn with her hound mix, Pina, who has turned out to be a great conversation starter in the ...

Here are the parenting missteps many Gen-X parents made, often without realizing it at the time. Yet somehow, these mistakes didn't derail their kids, which is a reminder that imperfect parenting can ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to politely avoiding small talk with strangers in ...

Miss Manners assures you that you are not being impolite if, after one or two short responses, you find something to do that won’t give you a stiff neck and instead say, “Excuse me, I’m going to ...

Why is it not considered rude to engage me in conversation against my will, but it is considered rude to tell people you don’t want to talk?” ...

The building blocks of lasting friendships are subtle and often overlooked. Which of these key ingredients will you add to ...

I know gender-neutral honorifics do exist in other languages, but English is sadly lacking. Even a typically polite and ...

Please send your questions to Miss Manners at missmanners.com, by email to [email protected], or through postal mail ...

Compares generational expectations around manners, attention, and basic courtesy.

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