In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a question about when it is appropriate to wear a ...

I love being a mom, don’t get me wrong. And I love my sons. But this drives me bananas. I’m not these people’s mom!

I invited a friend to a concert more than a month ahead of the performance. She said she'd have to get back to me. Two weeks ...

Marcus expressed an interest, so he will be coming with me. I hope to see you at another event soon.” Miss Manners notes that ...

GENTLE READER: Decent people do not, as you said, admonish people directly. Nor do they go looking for trouble. If the ...

I asked a man sitting in front of me at a college musical to remove his distracting baseball cap, which he did. My wife later ...

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Dear Miss Manners: I don’t know what to do about my boyfriend’s habit of always canceling plans. We have been together for a ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have achieved a small degree of social and political success in my community. Unfortunately, that is not the case for my husband. He is a wonderful spouse and does not cheat ...