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

GENTLE READER: Funny. Miss Manners is more accustomed to being asked how to stay out of beauty salon conversations, not how ...

When I had my hair done, the stylist and her assistant spent the entire time talking over my head. There was no way I could ...

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

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

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

The sign at the health clinic I visit regularly says tipping the valet is not required — so I don’t. But one day, the valet ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A pair of neighbors hosted my wife and me for an impromptu dinner, to which we contributed a nice salad.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: For my 40th birthday, my sister planned a bowling party. She is very organized, and pre-entered the names of all 12 guests into the lanes (two lanes, six people at each).

A gracious letter, paired with a token present that shows you pay attention to their style, is perfect. Other than that, Miss ...

One way we can honor the lives of those who died is by extending moments of unity—like the one we witnessed for far too brief ...

We did not interrupt the adult conversations, in fact, we would not have dared. Mind you, we kids could get up to a fair bit ...