DEAR MISS MANNERS: For my 40th birthday, my sister planned a bowling party. She is very organized, and pre-entered the names ...

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

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 ...

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

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?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My spouse and I received a substantial cash gift from my parents to celebrate our elopement. They ...

Judith Martin's "Miss Manners" newspaper column - distributed thrice-weekly by *United Feature Syndicate* and carried in more than 200 newspapers in the US and abroad - has chronicled the continuous ...

Martin, author of the ""Miss Manners"" columns and... Judith Martin, Author, Eric Denker, Other W. W. Norton & Company $24.95 (330p) ISBN 978-0-393-05932-8 In a good-natured guide for die-hard ...

Judith Martin better known by the pen name 'Miss Manners', is an American journalist, author, and etiquette authority. Since 1978 she has written an advice column, which is distributed three times ...

Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, [email protected]; or through postal mail to Miss Manners, Andrews McMeel Syndication ...