DEAR MISS MANNERS: Do I have to host my in-laws for Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner? We all rotate who hosts, and it is ...

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DEAR MISS MANNERS: Do I have to host my in-laws for Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner? We all rotate who hosts, and it is ...

I was unsure how, or if, I should approach her to suggest pairing a slip or skin-tone undies with that particular dress.

As to your third question, Miss Manners is admittedly not sure which clothes you refer to: She assumes we are talking about ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is it proper for company employees to address customers by their given names? Banks do it, call centers do ...

GENTLE READER: The phrase you want is “How nice FOR you,” with the emphasis on the “for.” Repeat as necessary. Please send ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My wonderful partner and I will soon be attending his son’s wedding. This will be the first time he’ll see ...

What’s a good way to reply when someone takes ... And no, you cannot use the shell as a spoon except at very informal ...

Dear Miss Manners: I started going gray at age 14, so I’ve gotten a lot of comments about my appearance over the last 20 ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Please tell me the correct way to eat oysters. GENTLE READER: Do not believe those who advise you to ...

Miss Manners: I started going gray at 14 and I still don’t have a good response to these comments When we happened ... Worse, ...