DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have been the same weight my whole adult life, and I am very uncomfortable with comments about my body.

When she visited me for the first time, I was excited to put together a similar experience for her. But I was rather shocked ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to handling unwanted body observations at family ...

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 ...

I was rather shocked to discover that she arrived with a sleeping bag and her own towels, saying she didn’t want to ...

I have several relatives who like to say “You’ve lost weight!” when I see them. My weight hasn’t changed in 40 years!

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 room: comfortable bedding, fresh flowers and fluffy towels, all of which ...

She's always so accommodating when her friend comes for a visit. But when the tables were turned, she came off snobby.

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

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have been the same weight my whole adult life, and I am very uncomfortable with comments about my body. I have several relatives who like to say “You’ve lost weight!” when I see ...

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 ...

By MARK KENNEDY Ozzy Osbourne, the gloomy, demon-invoking lead singer of the pioneering band Black Sabbath who became the throaty, growling voice — and drug-and-alcohol ravaged id — of ...