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Miss Manners: How can I express gratitude for care during my cancer treatments?

I have been given a gift of immeasurable proportions: the gift of having my life saved by many nurses and doctors after my ...

Miss Manners: What’s the proper way to thank the doctors and nurses who helped me beat cancer?

What do you suggest that I say or do? Also, would it be appropriate to donate to a cancer charity in their names and let them ...

Miss Manners: Friends feel insulted by my post-tragedy gift-giving strategy

I no longer give big birthday or holiday gifts. I do this because a family member died after I had purchased his Christmas gift.

Miss Manners: I’m worried my daughter’s actions have cost her a close friend

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to addressing parent tension after your child ...

Miss Manners: I wanted to refuse my drink after seeing what the flight attendant did

I am writing this on a flight to Dallas after the flight attendant just served my soft drink. Is it just me, or are other ...

Dear Miss Manners: Why must flight attendant touch rim of cup?

Miss Manners points out, "Perhaps the safety of protecting your pants from spills is prioritized over cup-lip hygiene." ...

Miss Manners: Shockingly, debating neighbors online about community etiquette sparks argument

DEAR MISS MANNERS: On our neighborhood app, one of my neighbors cautioned that two young men had recently knocked on her door ...

Miss Manners: Is it really a wedding if they’re already married?

Dear Miss Manners: I have now been to three (!) weddings where I found out that the couple was already married and just going ...

Miss Manners: Even for this column, you’re overthinking this dining etiquette ‘problem’

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I beg for guidance on the proper etiquette with one’s cutlery at hotel buffet breakfasts. While there are abundant clean plates, the protocol seems to be that one has but a single ...

Miss Manners: I know I seem rude to my neighbors, but I can’t help it

DEAR MISS MANNERS: After commuting to the same job for 15 years, 15 minutes from my home, last winter I took a better job an ...

Miss Manners: Chatty neighbors slow me down when I’m running to the bathroom

After a long commute home, the letter writer is always dashing to the bathroom – and rudely cutting off neighbor in the ...

Miss Manners: I find this person’s public comments reprehensible. How do I avoid him?

However, I recently found myself in a situation where a mutual friend introduced me to someone whose public statements and actions are so reprehensible to me that I had no desire to find whatever ...