Miss Manners: I’ve been told to banish these guests from the main table

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a single man who inherited, from my parents and grandparents, both a love of entertaining and also a great deal of the trappings needed — china, crystal, linen, silver — that ...
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Miss Manners: To keep strangers’ chitchat away, here’s what to say

Miss Manners assures you that you are not being impolite if, after one or two short responses, you find something to do that won’t give you a stiff neck and instead say, “Excuse me, I’m going to ...

Miss Manners: I’m a regular at the hostel, and a new volunteer behaved unforgivably toward me

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a freelance journalist who has been living, off and on, in a private room at a hostel off the beaten ...

Miss Manners: I was raised to say ‘sir’ and ‘ma’am’ but had to change my ways

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to what gender-neutral honorific can replace sir or ...

Miss Manners: The polite Victorian phrase that secretly meant ‘get out’

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to how hosts once tactfully communicated event end ...

Miss Manners: The elegant old custom of signaling when guests should leave

Please send your questions to Miss Manners at missmanners.com, by email to [email protected], or through postal mail ...