Older generations like Baby Boomers are more comfortable with physical contact than their younger peers. According to a survey from language-learning company Preply, nearly 30% of Gen Z adults even ...

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

Nowadays, it seems like parents don't want to teach their kids good manners anymore ... teaching your child how to show respect in this way now will come in handy for them throughout their ...

Taylor Swift politely put one of her security guard’s manners in check when she corrected him after he told photographers to ...

They show up late ... Indeed, these are all good reasons not to want to entertain these difficult people. But Miss Manners can think of two good reasons to do so anyway: 1. They are your in ...

What is a requirement, Miss Manners will remind you, is not to dwell on this deficiency whilst your more enthusiastic friends go to their customary trouble. Your disparaging yourself, while they ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A close friend planned to throw a ... I thought I would make other plans that evening, but many of the attendees are my good friends, and I would love to see them before/after ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Please tell me the correct way to eat oysters. GENTLE READER: Do not believe those who advise you to swallow them whole. That is, unless you want your fellow diners grabbing you ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A close friend planned to throw a ... I thought I would make other plans that evening, but many of the attendees are my good friends, and I would love to see them before/after ...

Miss Manners will join you in hoping that the waiter does not react poorly to being admonished for simply doing his job -- for instance, by continuing to pour right over your hand. (Please send ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A good friend of my daughter has invited her and a plus-one to a weekend of wedding events. My daughter’s boyfriend can’t go, and she wants me to go as her plus-one.