GENTLE READER: The correct form is, “We respectfully ask (or decline),” which Miss Manners would normally agree is silly, ...

Miss Manners says this to encourage you to pay greater attention to your parents’ plans in the future, in case you missed an ...

Silly question, but this doesn’t make sense to me: If you’re asking or doing something politely, should you actually SAY you are doing that thing politely?

Dear Eric: My sister and brother-in-law live a couple of hours away. My wife and I get along with them though we are not ...

Wanda and Wayne, I've been married to my husband for five years, but we've been together long enough that I've known his little sister since she was a kid in high school. We've always gotten along, ...

Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin welcomed their daughter Apple in 2004 and their son Moses in 2006. Though they split in 2014 ...

I have been going to Chicago since college, and it's always been one of my favorite places to spend a weekend. So when I had ...

Turkey has so much to explore. For me, the two places in Turkey that are completely unlike anywhere else are its capital ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A car wash I patronize has two single-occupant washrooms, one labeled “Men,” the other “Ladies.” I had ...

Miss Manners asks, "Why is it that your friends are dictating what time they show up at your house in the first place?" ...

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DEAR MISS MANNERS: A car wash I patronize has two single-occupant washrooms, one labeled “Men,” the other “Ladies.” I had ...