A parent wants to help their private chef daughter find a way to tune out distracting clients while she cooks.

However well-meaning this family is, Miss Manners can understand that it creates a nuisance for your daughter, who is trying ...

GENTLE READER: It is to our credit, Miss Manners believes, that Americans have an awkward relationship with those who serve ...

GENTLE READER: It is to our credit, Miss Manners believes, that Americans have an awkward relationship with those who serve ...

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GENTLE READER: The phrase you want is “How nice FOR you,” with the emphasis on the “for.” Repeat as necessary. Please send ...

The family sitting next to me at a restaurant had a child that shrieked the entire time. Is there anything I could have done about it?

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DEAR MISS MANNERS: A woman my husband works with bought him five work shirts. (This is something that happens quite often with this co-worker.) I told him that I felt it was inappropriate ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Some years ago, my uncle, having never met my then-boyfriend, made a series of racist jokes about him. (My boyfriend is part-Asian.) These jokes were made on my blog ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was walking in the humanities building of the university where I am a graduate student. I turned the corner of the hallway that leads to the offices and saw one of my ...

Dear Miss Manners: Some years ago, my uncle, having never met my then-boyfriend, made a series of racist jokes about him. (My boyfriend is part-Asian.) These jokes were made on my blog ...