"I’m not sure if the polite thing is to tell a half-truth — that we loved the food and appreciate them making it for us — or ...

How do you tell friends their cooking gave you food poisoning?

Miss Manners feels reasonably certain that if you execute that last part successfully, most people will acquiesce. If you ...

Should we wait until the wedding takes place, or should we start sending thank-you notes now to acknowledge receipt of these ...

Miss Manners, aka Judith Martin, has long been known as the voice of authority on all things etiquette. While what seems normal in today's society may be very different from what it was just a few ...

Author Judith Martin, the longtime etiquette maven, has co-authored a new e-book on the subject with her two adult children, Jacobina Martin and Nicholas Martin, called "Miss Manners' Guide to ...

Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, [email protected]; or ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a book club meeting at our library, the conversation got slightly off topic for a short period of time. One of the participants said, loudly, “For ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Twenty-five years ago, I adopted a 5-year-old boy from an overseas orphanage. Now he has made contact with his family in his native country. He has discovered he has five ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My wife and I saw a theatrical production that was written by, and starred, a friend of a friend. This person used to live in our city.

The late, great sociologist David Riesman once told Miss Manners that he had preceded her in the etiquette business, citing his observation of the manners of fellow academics when acting as hosts.