Dear Margar-etiquette, I was having a face-to-face conversation with someone who kept checking their phone. They were ...

Even when addressing difficult topics on the job, these discussions don't have to be uncomfortable or awkward.

We've all had our share of cringeworthy social interactions. While it's common to make a social misstep, it's not a great feeling. We tapped Diane Gottsman, a national etiquette expert, author and ...

Amy Meyers joined Voices to discuss holiday etiquette. Wine, water and no chairs: Inside Trump’s private reception with CEOs in Davos Prince Harry back in court in London Zelensky publicly rebukes ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: What is the proper way for my 16-year-old daughters, who are twins, to respond when a friend asks them, “What do you want for your birthday?” They are having a small party, and one ...

Dear Abby: When we mail a sympathy card to a grieving friend many miles away, we often enclose a check to help finance a memorial to their church or other favored institution. Our problem comes three ...

Q. My husband of nine years died in a car crash three years ago. I continued to spend the holidays with his parents each year. Last year his mother passed away so his father is all alone. My new ...

If you’ve walked away from an awkward or uncomfortable interaction at the office wondering what happened to good manners, you aren’t wrong in thinking nobody knows how to behave at work any more.

The workplace is an etiquette minefield, it turns out. The Wall Street Journal’s quiz on office manners stoked much debate and some grousing about what’s polite behavior in the modern workplace. And ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I frequently attend luncheons at which the entree consists of bagels, lox (smoked salmon) and cream cheese. Bagels have grown in size substantially since my childhood. Nowadays, a ...

Good manners never go out of style, but they do occasionally need to be refreshed. In workplaces everywhere, that refresher couldn’t come sooner. In the decade since the previous edition of “Emily ...

Some may say etiquette is out of date and out of touch. Myka Meier, founder of Beaumont Etiquette, would respectfully counter that, telling me that “actually, etiquette is more important now than ever ...