GENTLE READER: “I’m afraid there was just no way through.” Miss Manners suggests you omit, “… and I need to see the Wizard,” however tempting it may be. DEAR MISS MANNERS: I participate in a regular ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a woman who participates in a weekly work out ...

GENTLE READER: “I believe ...,” “I could double-check, but ...,” or “Unless I’m missing something ...” While pointing a ...

Along the way, though, she followed a lot of social media accounts touting gentle parenting ideals — as well as some lofty ...

Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, dearmissmanners@gmail.com; or ...

GENTLE READER: A housecoat and sandals sound pretty tame compared to the states of undress so often flaunted in full ...

GENTLE READER: “If you could please use my legal name on any official documents, that would save us all a lot of confusion ...

Just drink the liquid and throw away the rest? Use the straw as a single chopstick to dredge the fruit up to the rim?

Mind you, Miss Manners is not excusing your mother-in-law. She made hurtful remarks. But that is what many people do in the ...

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Other than giving a quick speech or toast to the happy couple, the groomsmen are not to be found anywhere. Not helping the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My son is engaged to a lovely young woman, whom my son’s mother and I like a lot. The bride-to-be’s father ...