GENTLE READER: Deliberately ignoring someone who is speaking to you is a high insult, one that is tantamount to severing ...

She's concerned with how the cards are addressed. Miss Manners is concerned with maintaining a business-like relationship.

I am a teetotaler. My husband and most of our friends are avid connoisseurs of wine and spirits. Related Articles. Miss ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A very long time ago, my husband and I were invited to dinner at a restaurant by a colleague of his. I had not met the colleague or his wife prior to the dinner. The men promised ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: One of the highlights of our trip to Paris was an opera performance at the Palais Garnier. The opera, “Médée” by Cherubini, is in excess of four hours, with two brief intermissions.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: One of the highlights of our Paris trip was an opera performance at the Palais Garnier. The opera, “Medee” by Cherubini, is in excess of four hours, with two brief intermissions. We ...

GENTLE READER: A longer-term guest is expected to do more, and Miss Manners agrees your friend fell short. But where the line ...

Should the letter writer say something to her neighbor over her skirts and dresses that “keep getting shorter”?

GENTLE READER: By not explaining or justifying the friendship. The first three times you answer, “Because I like her,” do it ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to baby shower etiquette and whether thank you notes ...

Dear Eric: My sister-in-law made quilts for two of her nieces. They unwrapped them to oohs, aahs and applause on Christmas ...

Dear Miss Manners: I remember growing up, when we had visitors who were new to our house, my mother would give them the ...