I consider this something like a sympathy situation and wonder if the remaining employees should call or write me to offer ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have visited a dear friend a few times over the years, and each time, I am greeted with a lovely guest ...

Oh, Miss Manners realizes that was not your friend’s intention. She is one of those people who says, “I just don’t want to be any trouble,” and therefore creates not only unnecessary trouble, but bad ...

Dear Miss Manners: I have visited a dear friend a few times over the years, and each time, I am greeted with a lovely guest ...

GENTLE READER: Such an unpleasant invitation. There is no need to serve alcohol, but there is also no need to issue a warning ...

Ordinarily, Miss Manners would advise you to treat this like the fundraiser it is -- that is, to accept only if you consider ...

The “solution” of my going up the stairs first means that the woman is then left at eye-level with my buttocks.

There is no need to serve alcohol, but there is also no need to issue a warning, as if the guests were likely to smuggle it in. And forbidding presents while putting out a cash box makes it clear that ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Someone I know messaged me about 5:30 p.m., requesting that I call them that evening as they had good news ...

Miss Manners asks, "Why is it that your friends are dictating what time they show up at your house in the first place?" ...

Are your good intentions making you seem rude? Discover 10 outdated manners, from paying the bill to saying "ma'am," that no ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have discovered that my husband’s small business has been sending out birthday/anniversary ... I believe that most of them were raised during a time of proper etiquette, and that ...