Child Sims with good manners participate in family chores, say "please" and "thank you", and set the table. Generally, they are helpful and cooperative children. Children with bad manners don't mind ...

I invited a friend to a concert more than a month ahead of the performance. She said she'd have to get back to me. Two weeks ...

I asked a man sitting in front of me at a college musical to remove his distracting baseball cap, which he did. My wife later ...

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

GENTLE READER: That might encourage uncomfortable follow-up questions for the girlfriend. Miss Manners suggests instead that you introduce them by their names. After doing so, you may add, “Carter is ...

GENTLE READER: Other than your having a clear affinity for dairy products, Miss Manners sees nothing wrong with your shopping ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Am I the one who is in the wrong here? When I invited several friends to dinner recently, I was shamed and ...

An uninvited, vegan plus 1 showed up to the letter writer’s dinner party and promptly criticized all the food. Dear Miss ...

It was the shopping cart of psychoses. The mercantile proof of a split personality.