Knowing how to behave at meals isn't just about proper etiquette. Turns out, your table manners send coded messages about you ...

But if they are talking pleasantries, you may smile or laugh or add something and see if it takes. There is a good chance ...

I had the opportunity to speak by phone with writer and podcaster Jennifer L. Scott. The author of the Madame Chic books — ...

At a bowling party for my 40th birthday, my dad brought his girlfriend. It didn’t take her long to try to take over the whole ...

Do we have to invite them to join us at a restaurant at some point? If so, may we try to “dilute” them by inviting others?

Dad’s girlfriend showed up to the letter writer’s bowling birthday party and took over. Dear Miss Manners: For my 40th ...

No one knew what to say or how to stop her, since we don’t really even know her, and no one wanted her to be uncomfortable.

GENTLE READER: Your confidence that you are not required to reciprocate in your apartment, though technically correct, ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: What is the proper way to eat pitted cherries? Cutting them up to remove the pits seems excessive, but ...

Dear Miss Manners: I have a good friend who is the polar opposite of me on politics, religion and almost every other subject.

My friend started a new charity and is asking her circle for donations. But I choose the causes I support carefully and her’s ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a good friend who is the polar opposite of me on politics, religion and almost every other subject.