Discover the top 10 most-read Miss Manners columns of 2025, featuring advice from Judith Martin on etiquette, family ...

What is a polite way to avoid touching his phone and to stop this activity? I think we should just say, “No thanks.” ...

We seriously won’t be able to sleep on that mattress, but saying that we’ll stay in a hotel would probably start World War ...

... how do we manage friends who ask where and when the next trip will be, when we would prefer to travel without them?

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My husband is immunocompromised, and so we are careful of germ exposure. We don’t want to touch this friend’s phone.

It's always thrown in everyone’s faces how much she has to do when she invites friends over for barbecues, Friday night ...

Dear Miss Manners: I was in line at a busy cosmetics store. The line wasn’t moving very fast when the woman behind me asked ...

Miss Manners suggests that you stop monitoring the lady’s car.  She is not obliged to check in with you before going away.

Letter writer is annoyed by the expectation to “supplement a stranger’s income.” Dear Miss Manners: Why is tipping expected? I was under the impression that it was up to the customer. In my state, ...

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Dear Miss Manners: How does one handle being offered alcohol when you choose not to drink? I got a DUI 2 years ago, and I ...