People want to feel loved and cherished. An invitation to share a meal in your home is a special example. So when dinner ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: People want to feel loved and cherished. An invitation to share a meal in your home is a special example.

This next party is somehow about their wedding -- but we already had the wedding! I don’t know what I’m celebrating.

Does the letter writer asking for specific hosting gifts create more of a burden for guests?

Dear Miss Manners: My adult daughters learned etiquette from me. It was passed down from my mother. Somewhere along the line, the old etiquette has been forgotten and new manners have been invented by ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I don’t know how to respond when meeting a friend and they exclaim, upon seeing me, “You’re all gussied up!” I don’t take it as a compliment. Somehow it sounds like a put-down.

I am wondering how one responds to people who offer rude and unsolicited commentary on one’s alma mater. Related Articles.

Although she generally agrees that guests are not supposed to ask to bring additional guests, Miss Manners notes that an ...

Dear Miss Manners: I realize it’s an unpleasant world with unpleasant people who are going to say unpleasant things. But ...

Dear Miss Manners: I moved in with my boyfriend and discovered he has, in my opinion, a rather unusual habit. Not only does he say “bless you” in response to sneezes, but he does so in response to ...